The evolution of aluminum accumulation in ferns and lycophytes.

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Over one-third of the native flowering plant species in the Hawaiian Islands are listed as federally threatened or endangered. Lack of sufficient pollination could contribute to reductions in populations, reproduction, and genetic diversity among these species but has been little studied. METHODS:...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Aslan CE,Shiels AB,Haines W,Liang CT

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:• Premise of the study: The mechanical properties of a plant are key variables governing the interaction between the plant and its environment. Thus, measuring variables such as the flexural rigidity (bending) of a plant element is necessary to understand and predict the plant-flow interaction. However, plant elements...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Henry PY

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between pollen and progeny performance has been a subject of many studies but the evidence for pollen-tube growth rate as an indicator of progeny fitness is equivocal. We used an anemophilous tree, Betula pendula, to examine the relationship between pollen-tube growth rate and seed and seedling perfor...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pasonen HL,Pulkkinen P,Käpylä M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senna (Leguminosae) is a large, widespread genus that includes species with enantiostylous, asymmetric flowers and species with extrafloral nectaries. Clarification of phylogenetic relationships within Senna based on parsimony analyses of three chloroplast regions (rpS16, rpL16, and matK) provides new insights on the ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Marazzi B,Endress PK,Queiroz LP,Conti E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Intertidal macroalgae must resist extreme hydrodynamic forces imposed by crashing waves. How does frond flexibility mitigate drag, and how does flexibility affect predictions of drag and dislodgement in the field? METHODS:We characterized flexible reconfiguration of six seaweed species in a recirc...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Martone PT,Kost L,Boller M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite markers of an important medicinal plant, Eurycoma longifolia (Simaroubaceae), were developed for DNA profiling and genetic diversity studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eighteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for E. longifolia. The primers were designed from a genomic libra...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tnah LH,Lee CT,Lee SL,Ng KK,Ng CH,Hwang SS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional farming communities frequently maintain high levels of agrobiodiversity, so understanding their agricultural practices is a priority for biodiversity conservation. The cultural origin of agave spirits (mezcals) from west-central Mexico is in the southern part of the state of Jalisco where traditional farme...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Vargas-Ponce O,Zizumbo-Villarreal D,Martínez-Castillo J,Coello-Coello J,Colunga-Garcíamarín P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new method, the leaf measuring-interval index (LMI), to estimate leaf age in morphological and physiological studies of leaves. When the plastochron, the interval between the initiation of successive leaves, is constant, the well-known leaf plastochron index (LPI) provides a robust measure of leaf age. Wh...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chen CC,Chen H,Chen YR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Understanding the flexibility of monocot genomes requires a phylogenetic framework, which so far is available for few of the ca. 2800 genera. Here we use a molecular tree for the South American genus Alstroemeria to place karyological information, including fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chacón J,Sousa A,Baeza CM,Renner SS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Productivity in drylands may depend on the sensitivity of interactions between plants and biocrusts. Given future climate variability, it is essential to understand how interactions may be context-dependent with precipitation regime. Furthermore, little is known about the additional interactions of...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Dettweiler-Robinson E,Sinsabaugh RL,Rudgers JA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:New microsatellite primers were developed for testing genetic differentiation within Nothoceros aenigmaticus and their potential use in other Nothoceros species. The microsatellites are designed to investigate partitioning of genetic variation in a taxon with a peculiar sex allopatry in the souther...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Villarreal JC,Forrest LL,McFarland K,Goffinet B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphology and development of the female flowers in Geonoma interrupta are described and compared with other taxa within Arecaceae. Inflorescences are pleiothyrses. Cincinni are immersed in pits and arranged according to the Fibonacci pattern along the rachillae. The gynoecium is composed of three free carpels in earl...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Stauffer FW,Rutishauser R,Endress PK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ontogenetic changes in architecture, carbohydrate reserves, and resource allocation can constrain the ability of plants to compensate for herbivore damage. To evaluate ontogenetic changes in compensation, saplings and reproductive individuals of the tropical tree Casearia nitida were subjected to three levels of defol...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Boege K

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：: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

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite markers were developed for Petunia integrifolia subsp. depauperata with an intent to clarify taxonomic questions on the P. integrifolia complex, and to identify a purple-flowered parent of P. hybrida. METHODS AND RESULTS:We characterized 11 microsatellite loci by screening primers d...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Kriedt RA,Ramos-Fregonezi AM,Beheregaray LB,Bonatto SL,Freitas LB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Verbenaceae consist of trees, shrubs, lianas, and herbs distributed primarily in Latin America, where they occur in a wide array of ecosystems. A second center of diversity exists in Africa. Competing morphology-based classifications that rely on different traits conflict in significan...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Marx HE,O'Leary N,Yuan YW,Lu-Irving P,Tank DC,Múlgura ME,Olmstead RG

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Most pollen walls are interrupted by apertures, thin areas providing access to stigmatic fluids and exit points for pollen tubes. Unexpectedly, pollen tubes of Arabidopsis thaliana are not obligated to pass through apertures and can instead take the shortest route into the stigma, passing directly ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Edlund AF,Zheng Q,Lowe N,Kuseryk S,Ainsworth KL,Lyles RH,Sibener SJ,Preuss D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Areas lacking dominant plants, or gaps, can support high diversity and specialist species. Previous chronosequence research in Florida rosemary scrub showed indistinct gap area patterns with fire and the dependence of certain species on gaps. We hypothesized that fire and gap size would affect exti...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Menges ES,Crate SJH,Quintana-Ascencio PF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:A key question in evolutionary biology is why some clades are more successful by being widespread geographically, biome diverse, or species-rich. To extend understanding of how shifts in area, biomes, and pollinators impact diversification in plants, we examined the relationships of these shifts to...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Kriebel R,Drew BT,Drummond CP,González-Gallegos JG,Celep F,Mahdjoub MM,Rose JP,Xiang CL,Hu GX,Walker JB,Lemmon EM,Lemmon AR,Sytsma KJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed study of ascomal morphology and development in Cercophora palmicola showed that ontogeny is ascohymeniaceous, giving rise to an ostiolate perithecium. Ascomal initials consist of a coiled ascogonium surrounded by several layers of hyphae whose cells become pseudoparenchymatous. The centrum of the young asco...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Hanlin RT

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The classification of the genus Salix has historically been intrinsically difficult due to its propensity toward plasticity and high variation in diagnostic morphological characters. We investigated leaf epidermal characteristics, focusing on the stomatal apparatus because it may provide critical i...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ghahremaninejad F,Khalili Z,Maassoumi AA,Mirzaie-Nodoushan H,Riahi M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular studies of apomictic plant species often detect more genotypic variation than predicted from their assumed reproductive mode. The two most commonly invoked mechanisms to explain these high levels of variation are recombination, via facultative sexuality, and mutation. The potential for sexual reproduction in...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Houliston GJ,Chapman HM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spatially explicit, reiterative algorithm (SERA) is presented and used to predict multiple aspects of plant population and community dynamics. Using simple physical principles and empirically derived relationships, SERA provides an analytical venue to test alternative hypotheses about individual functional traits go...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Hammond ST,Niklas KJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Pinguicula is one of the three genera of the carnivorous Lentibulariaceae, comprising approximately 80 species. Phylogeny inference using nucleotide sequences of the chloroplast gene matK and the trnK group II intron, as well as a set of 32 morphological characters revealed five well-supported, major lineage...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cieslak T,Polepalli JS,White A,Müller K,Borsch T,Barthlott W,Steiger J,Marchant A,Legendre L

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megaspore and microspore massulae of Paleoazolla patagonica gen. et sp. nov. are described from the Upper Cretaceous of La Colonia Formation, Chubut Province, Argentina. The new fern possesses megaspore complexes with three to four glochidiate floats attached directly to the megaspore; a columella-like structure appea...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Archangelsky A,Phipps CJ,Taylor TN,Taylor EL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:The Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT; 34-33 Ma) was marked by global cooling and increased seasonality and aridity, leading to a shift in North American floras from subtropical forests to deciduous hardwood forests similar to today. This shift is well documented taxonomically and biogeographically, but its ecol...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Butrim MJ,Royer DL

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Koch et al. (Nature 428: 851-854) measured various parameters that were thought to limit the height of Sequoia sempervirens from northern California and concluded that the maximum height for this species is 122-130 m because within this range: (1) Irreversible embolism formation was proposed to occur when the xylem pr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Netting AG

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood, or secondary xylem, is composed mostly of three components-cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin. Yet this apparent simplicity is deceiving because the sophisticated arrangement of the components on various structural levels, ranging from intricate molecular architecture to defined cellular arrangements to tissu...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Koehler L,Telewski FW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree to which plants self-fertilize may impact their potential for genetic adaptation. Given that the mating system influences genetic processes within and among populations, the mating system could limit or promote local adaptation. I conducted a literature survey of published reciprocal transplant experiments ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Hereford J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00