Shift from bird to butterfly pollination in Clivia (Amaryllidaceae).

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Allometric relationships among the dimensions of leaf cells, cell walls, and tissues, and whole-leaf thickness and area are likely to have key implications for leaf construction and function, but have remained virtually untested, despite the explosion of interest in allometric analysis...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： John GP,Scoffoni C,Sack L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plastid trnL-F region has proved useful in molecular phylogenetic studies addressing diverse evolutionary questions from biogeographic history to character evolution in a broad range of plant groups. An important assumption for phylogenetic reconstruction is that data used in combined analyses contain the same phy...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pirie MD,Vargas MP,Botermans M,Bakker FT,Chatrou LW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After 120 yr of burial in moist, well-aerated sand, 23 seeds of Verbascum blattaria and two seeds of a Verbascum sp. germinated and produced normal plants (50% germination for Verbascum). After a 6-wk cold treatment, a single seed of Malva rotundifolia germinated also, producing a normal plant (2% germination). Plants...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Telewski FW,Zeevaart JA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many foliar pathogens require free water to germinate; therefore, disease pressure should favor plants that are able to repel water. For a suite of 18 sympatric clover species (Trifolium and Medicago, Fabaceae), we evaluated leaf traits affecting leaf wetness and susceptibility to infection by the fungal pathogen Stem...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Bradley DJ,Gilbert GS,Parker IM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the effects of temporal variation in floral display size (number of flowers open at one time on a plant) on the rate of pollen removed and receipt of individual flowers for the sequential blooming plant Narthecium asiaticum (Liliaceae). Because of the acropetal blooming of this species, the display sizes w...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ishii HS,Sakai S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinus rzedowskii is an endangered pine species from Michoacán (central México), which has been previously reported from only three localities. Classified within the subgenus Strobus, it exhibits intermediate morphological characters between subgenera Strobus and Pinus. We analyzed genetic aspects that could shed light...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Delgado P,Piñero D,Chaos A,Pérez-Nasser N,Alvarez-Buylla ER

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Island plants are over-exploited and "under-explored." Understanding the reproductive biology of plants, especially rare species, is fundamental to clarifying their evolution, estimating potential for change, and for creating effective conservation plans. Clarification of sexual syste...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Anderson GJ,Anderson MK,Patel N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the possible effect of recent (1927-1995) increases in the concentration of atmospheric CO2 on the stomatal densities of leaves of a wide range of tree, shrub, and herb species (N = 60) by making new measurements for comparison with corresponding data reported by E. J. Salisbury in 1927--a time when ic...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Beerling D,Kelly C

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seedling establishment is central to population maintenance for nonclonal plant species. Plants with low recruitment rates are expected to have high survival rates, and life history theory indicates there should be a single curve for the trade-off between recruitment and mortality that applies to most or all plant spe...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Forbis TA,Doak DF

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Spiny pollen has evolved independently in multiple entomophilous lineages. Sexual selection may act on exine traits that facilitate male mating success by influencing the transfer of pollen from the anther to the body of the pollinator, while natural selection acts to increase pollen survival. We postulated tha...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lynn A,Piotter E,Harrison E,Galen C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eudicot order Malpighiales contains ∼16000 species and is the most poorly resolved large rosid clade. To clarify phylogenetic relationships in the order, we used maximum likelihood, Bayesian, and parsimony analyses of DNA sequence data from 13 gene regions, totaling 15604 bp, and representing all three genomic com...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wurdack KJ,Davis CC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelatinous fibers (G-fibers) are the active component of tension wood. G-fibers are unlike traditional fiber cells in that they possess a thick, nonlignified gelatinous layer (G-layer) internal to the normal secondary cell wall layers. For the past several decades, the G-layer has generally been presumed to be compose...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Bowling AJ,Vaughn KC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomanes intricatum, the sporophyte-less filmy fern of the eastern United States, has been considered to be a species whose sporophyte generation has become extinct or is possibly still present among the many species of Trichomanes s.l. in the new world tropics but unable to grow in a temperate climate. A close rel...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ebihara A,Farrar DR,Ito M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite markers were developed for Elaeocarpus photiniifolia, an endemic taxon of the Bonin Islands. METHODS AND RESULTS:Initially, a complementary DNA (cDNA) library was constructed by de novo pyrosequencing of total RNA extracted from a seedling. A tot...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sugai K,Setsuko S,Uchiyama K,Murakami N,Kato H,Yoshimaru H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Functional trait plasticity in resource capture traits has been suggested as an underlying mechanism promoting invasive species establishment and spread. Earlier studies on this mechanism treat invasiveness as a discrete characteristic (i.e., invasive vs. noninvasive) and do not consider the potent...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Murphy JE,Burns JH,Fougère-Danezan M,Drenovsky RE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciphering species relationships and hybrid origins in polyploid agamic species complexes is notoriously difficult. In this study of cheilanthoid ferns, we demonstrate increased resolving power for clarifying the origins of polyploid lineages by integrating evidence from a diverse selection of biosystematic methods. ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Grusz AL,Windham MD,Pryer KM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladistic analyses of plastid DNA sequences rbcL and trnL-F are presented separately and combined for 48 genera of Amaryllidaceae and 29 genera of related asparagalean families. The combined analysis is the most highly resolved of the three and provides good support for the monophyly of Amaryllidaceae and indicates Ag...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Meerow AW,Fay MF,Guy CL,Li QB,Zaman FQ,Chase MW

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Global change in temperature and soil nitrogen availability could affect plant community composition, potentially giving an advantage to invasive species compared to native species. We addressed how high temperatures affected CO2 assimilation parameters for invasive Phalaris arundinacea and a sedge...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Waring EF,Holaday AS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide an overview of research on climbing plants from Charles Darwin to the present day. Following Darwin's interests, this review will focus on functional perspectives including attachment mechanisms and stem structure and function. We draw attention to a number of unsolved problems inviting future research. The...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Isnard S,Silk WK

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Robust markers are required (inter alia) for assessing origins of Calophyllum inophyllum populations on the Bonin Islands, Japan. Therefore, informative expressed sequence tag (EST)-based microsatellite or simple sequence repeat (SSRs) markers in the species were sought. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Setsuko S,Uchiyama K,Sugai K,Hanaoka S,Yoshimaru H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Both polyploidy and shifts in floral color have marked angiosperm evolution. Here, we investigate the biochemical basis of the novel and diverse floral phenotypes seen in allopolyploids in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) and examine the extent to which the merging of distinct genomes alters flavonoid pigmen...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： McCarthy EW,Berardi AE,Smith SD,Litt A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Diversification of floral traits in angiosperms is often attributed to have been driven by adaptations to pollinators. Nevertheless, phylogenetic studies on the relationships among evolutionary changes in floral traits and pollination systems are still limited. We examined the relation...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sakai S,Kawakita A,Ooi K,Inoue T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite markers were developed in an alpine plant endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Androsace tapete, to investigate its spatial genetic structure, gene flow, and mating patterns. • METHODS AND RESULTS:Using the combined biotin capture method, 16 microsatellite primer set...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zeng L,Li Z,Tashi T,Chen J,Zhong Y,Geng Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollinator-mediated natural selection has been shown to act on phenotypic variation in floral morphology, and this variation has often been demonstrated to be heritable, but few details are available concerning the sources of floral variation. We examined phenotypic variation in seven floral traits in wild radish (Rap...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Williams JL,Conner JK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex allocation models predict that cosexuality is stabilized by high allocation to attractive structures in pollen-limited species or by high allocation to shared structures that contribute to both genders. High investment in unilateral fixed costs favor the evolution of dioecy or gender change. With these predictions...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Méndez M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The boreotropical flora concept suggests that relictual tropical disjunctions between Asia and the Americas are a result of the expansion of the circumboreal tropical flora from the middle to the close of the Eocene. Subsequently, temperate species diverged at high latitudes and migrated to other continents. To test t...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Azuma H,García-Franco JG,Rico-Gray V,Thien LB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lxm1-O, a dominant EMS (ethyl methanesulfonate) induced mutation in maize (Zea mays, Poaceae), was originally reported to affect the blade/sheath boundary over the midrib region of the leaf. Here we present a more extensive analysis of the Lxm phenotype in nine different inbred lines. Lxm leaves are longer and narrowe...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Schichnes D,Freeling M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terrestrial plant leaves are complex structures of composite materials. Resistance to fracture is achieved by a number of mechanisms, which operate at the molecular, cell, tissue, and structural levels. Leaves of dicots have different venation patterns and cell wall volume fractions from those of grasses, and conseque...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sanson G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) research on plants has concentrated on vegetative plant parts, and only a small fraction has dealt with the reproductive system. The present study analyzed pollen grains of 34 taxa germinated and grown under two levels of UV-B radiation (187 and 460 mW/m2) or no UV-B (control...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Torabinejad J,Caldwell M,Flint S,Durham S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Several members of Selaginella are renowned for their ability to survive extreme drought and "resurrect" when conditions improve. Many of these belong to subgenus Tetragonostachys, a group of ∼45 species primarily found in North and Central America, with substantial diversity in the Sonoran and Chi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Arrigo N,Therrien J,Anderson CL,Windham MD,Haufler CH,Barker MS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00