Influence of plant resistance traits in selectiveness and species strength in a tropical plant-herbivore network.

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Fuchsia (Onagraceae) anthers, pollen, and an ornithophilous Fuchsia-like flower from an earliest Miocene lacustrine diatomite deposit at Foulden Maar, southern New Zealand confirm a long record for Fuchsia in New Zealand and probably an equally long history for its distinctive honeyeat...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lee DE,Conran JG,Bannister JM,Kaulfuss U,Mildenhall DC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of polyploid Bromus species of section Genea was investigated using molecular data. This group of annual species native from the Old-World is composed of three diploids, two tetraploids, one hexaploid, and one octoploid. Molecular cloning, sequencing, and phylogenetic analyses were performed on several acce...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Fortune PM,Pourtau N,Viron N,Ainouche ML

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF STUDY:Sequence analyses for Pinaceae have suggested that extant genera diverged in the late Mesozoic. While the fossil record indicates that Pinaceae was highly diverse during the Cretaceous, there are few records of living genera. This description of an anatomically preserved seed cone extends the fossil re...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Klymiuk AA,Stockey RA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tribe Macadamieae (91 spp., 16 genera; Proteaceae) is widespread across the southern hemisphere on all major fragments of Gondwana except New Zealand and India. Macadamia is cultivated outside its natural range as a "nut" crop (notably in Hawaii, where it is the principal orchard crop). We sampled seven DNA regions an...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Mast AR,Willis CL,Jones EH,Downs KM,Weston PH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Bignoniaceae is an important component of neotropical forests and a model for evolutionary and biogeographical studies. A previous combination of molecular markers and morphological traits improved the phylogeny of the group. Here we demonstrate the value of next-generation sequencing (NGS) to asse...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Firetti F,Zuntini AR,Gaiarsa JW,Oliveira RS,Lohmann LG,Van Sluys MA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Anatomical and morphological features of Satanocrater were studied to test hypotheses of xeric adaptations in the genus, which is endemic to arid tropical Africa. These features, together with molecular data, were used to test the phylogenetic placement of Satanocrater within the large plant family...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tripp EA,Fatimah S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serpentine soils are a model system for the study of plant adaptation, speciation, and species interactions. Serpentine soil is an edaphically stressful, low productivity soil type that hosts stunted vegetation and a spectacular level of plant endemism. One of the first papers on serpentine plant endemism was by Arthu...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Anacker BL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:This paper investigates the occurrence and evolution of aluminum (Al) accumulation within ferns and lycophytes, which is characterized by Al concentrations above 1000 mg·kg-1 in aboveground plant tissues. We hypothesize that this feature is more common in ferns than in angiosperms, and potentially ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Schmitt M,Mehltreter K,Sundue M,Testo W,Watanabe T,Jansen S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The opuntias (nopales, prickly pears) are not only culturally, ecologically, economically, and medicinally important, but are renowned for their taxonomic difficulty due to interspecific hybridization, polyploidy, and morphological variability. Evolutionary relationships in these stem succulents ha...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Majure LC,Puente R,Griffith MP,Judd WS,Soltis PS,Soltis DE

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed size and cotyledon morphology are two key juvenile traits that have evolved in response to changes in plant species life-history strategies and habitat associations. Correlations of these traits with each other and with other juvenile traits were examined for 70 species of trees and shrubs in Kibale National Park...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zanne AE,Chapman CA,Kitajima K

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In monocarpic plants, reproduction is closely associated with senescence, which is itself often correlated to specific environmental signals. Floerkea proserpinacoides (Limnanthaceae) is a spring ephemeral annual of the deciduous forests of eastern North America. The phenology of its growth and reproduction is conside...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Mokhtar IB,Houle G

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Although polyploidy has been studied since the early 1900s, fundamental aspects of polyploid ecology and evolution remain unexplored. In particular, surprisingly little is known about how newly formed polyploids (neopolyploids) become demographically established. Models predict that most polyploids should go ex...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Porturas LD,Segraves KA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cacti are a large and diverse group of stem succulents predominantly occurring in warm and arid North and South America. Chloroplast DNA sequences of the trnK intron, including the matK gene, were sequenced for 70 ingroup taxa and two outgroups from the Portulacaceae. In order to improve resolution in three major grou...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Nyffeler R

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:A knowledge of pollen characters in early-diverging angiosperm lineages is essential for understanding pollen evolution and the role of pollen in angiosperm diversification. In this paper, we report and synthesize data on mature pollen and pollen ontogeny from all genera of Nymphaeales within a com...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Taylor ML,Cooper RL,Schneider EL,Osborn JM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:A total of 38 polymorphic microsatellite loci of the Indian jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana), an economically important fruit tree, were developed to evaluate genetic diversity and aid in the identification of cultivars. METHODS AND RESULTS:The 38 microsatellite markers were isolated from the Indian j...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chiou CY,Chiang YC,Chen CH,Yen CR,Lee SR,Lin YS,Tsai CC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, Moraceae), a traditional starch crop in Oceania, has enjoyed legendary status ever since its role in the infamous mutiny aboard the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789, yet its origins remain unclear. Breadfruit's closest relatives are A. camansi and A. mariannensis. DNA fingerprinting data (AFLP, am...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zerega NJ,Ragone D,Motley TJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylem of the orchids studied provided unusually favorable material to demonstrate how conductive tissue evolves in monocotyledons. In the end walls of tracheary elements of many Orchidaceae, remnants of pit membranes were observed with scanning electron microscopy and minimally destructive methods. The full range from...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Carlquist S,Schneider EL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of developmental stability can provide insights into the amount of genetic or environmental stress experienced by individuals or populations. In the present study, we used young plants of Acer platanoides (Norway maple) and Betula pendula (silver birch), two distantly related tree species with widely different...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Black-Samuelsson S,Andersson S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Geographic patterns of biodiversity have long inspired interest in processes that shape the assembly, diversity, and dynamics of communities at different spatial scales. To study mechanisms of community assembly, ecologists often compare spatial variation in community composition (beta-diversity) a...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Burkle LA,Myers JA,Belote RT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct and indirect effects of vegetative herbivory on the mating system of Impatiens capensis were analyzed through a survey of herbivory in natural I. capensis populations and manipulation of leaf damage in the field. Across 10 wild populations of I. capensis proportion of cleistogamous flowers had a significant...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Steets JA,Ashman TL

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally thought that sedimenting plastids are responsible for gravity sensing in higher plants. We directly tested the model generated by the current statolith hypothesis that the gravity sensing that leads to gravitropism results from an interaction between the plastids and actin microfilaments. We find that ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Staves MP,Wayne R,Leopold AC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perennial crops represent important fresh and processed food sources worldwide, but advancements in breeding perennials are often impeded due to their very nature. The perennial crops we rely on most for food take several years to reach production maturity and require large spaces to grow, which make breeding new cult...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： McClure KA,Sawler J,Gardner KM,Money D,Myles S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Eocene caldera-lake beds at Laguna del Hunco (LH, ca. 52.2 Ma) and Río Pichileufú (RP, ca. 47.7 Ma) in Argentine Patagonia provide copious information about the biological history of Gondwana. Several plant genera from these sites are known as fossils from southern Australia and New Zealand and sur...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wilf P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many plant species are characterized by a life cycle with a long-lived, subterranean phase that is completely dependent on mycorrhizal fungal symbionts for fixed carbon. This type of life cycle is both phylogenetically and ecologically widespread and is found in diverse vascular plant lineages from the tropics to suba...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Winther JL,Friedman WE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a wet oligotrophic meadow located in the Czech Republic, a factorial experiment with treatments consisting of fertilization, mowing, and removal of the dominant species (Molinia caerulea) was established in 1994. In 1997 Holcus lanatus, Molinia caerulea, Potentilla erecta, Prunella vulgaris, and Ranunculus auricomu...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Titus JH,Leps J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant xylem must balance efficient delivery of water to the canopy against protection from air entry into the conduits via air-seeding. We investigated the relationship between tracheid allometry, end wall pitting, safety from air-seeding, and the hydraulic efficiency of conifer wood in order to better understand the ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pittermann J,Sperry JS,Hacke UG,Wheeler JK,Sikkema EH

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:The taxonomic richness of seed plants at different taxonomic levels was compared between temperate East Asia and North America at both continental and semi-continental scales. In each comparison, land area and latitude range were adjusted to a comparable level between the two continental regions. East Asia is signific...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Qian H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viability of long-distance pollen links ecological models to the genetic structure of forest tree populations, determining how forests will adapt to climate change and how far genes flow from genetically modified (GM) pine plantations. Addressing this landscape-scale inquiry is feasible when the pollen source, the del...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Williams CG

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of Collinsia and Tonella, the two sister genera of self-compatible annuals that constitute tribe Collinsieae, show extensive variation in floral size and morphology and in patterns of stamen and style elongation during the life of the flower (anthesis). We used a nuclear ribosomal ITS phylogeny, independent co...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Armbruster WS,Mulder CP,Baldwin BG,Kalisz S,Wessa B,Nute H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00