Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history
New Phytologist, Volume 240, Issue 2, Page 880-891, October 2023., 2023 Summary Most contemporary angiosperms (flowering plants) are insect pollinated, but pollination by wind, water or vertebrates occurs in many lineages. Though evidence suggests insect pollination may be ancestral in angiosperms, this is yet to be assessed across the full phylogeny.
Ruby E. Stephens +4 more
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Genome‐scale angiosperm phylogenies based on nuclear, plastome, and mitochondrial datasets
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 1479-1489, June 2023., 2023 Genome‐scale angiosperm phylogenies were reconstructed used currently available de novo genome data of 366 angiosperm species from 241 genera belonging to 97 families across 43 of the 64 orders based on orthologous genes from the nuclear, plastid, and mitochondrial genomes of the same species with compatible datasets.
Hongyin Hu +4 more
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Deep reticulation: the long legacy of hybridization in vascular plant evolution
The Plant Journal, Volume 114, Issue 4, Page 743-766, May 2023., 2023 SUMMARY Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological significance across deep evolutionary scales has been largely obscure. Over the past decade, genomic and phylogenomic datasets have revealed, perhaps not surprisingly, that
Gregory W. Stull +3 more
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The developmental basis of floral nectary diversity and evolution. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary Nectar is a central bridge between angiosperms and animal mutualists. It is produced by specialized structures termed nectaries, which can be found on different plant organs. Consumption of floral nectar by pollinators and the subsequent transfer of pollen contribute to the reproductive success of both angiosperms and their pollinators.
Liao IT, Gong Y, Kramer EM, Nikolov LA.
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Characterization of the basal angiosperm Aristolochia fimbriata: a potential experimental system for genetic studies [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Previous studies in basal angiosperms have provided insight into the diversity within the angiosperm lineage and helped to polarize analyses of flowering plant evolution.
Abdelali Barakat +16 more
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Lords of the biosphere: Plant winners and losers in the Anthropocene
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 350-366, July 2022., 2022 The impact of humans on Earth's biodiversity varies across the Tree of Life. The extirpation and extinction of species is often determined by compatibility with human activities. Here we classify, where data are available, a significant portion (~30%) of vascular plant species as winners or losers with respect to this compatibility and show that ...
W. John Kress, Gary A. Krupnick
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From Algae to Angiosperms – Inferring the Phylogeny of Green Plants ( Viridiplantae ) from 360 Plastid Genomes [PDF]
, 2014 Background Next-generation sequencing has provided a wealth of plastid genome sequence data from an increasingly diverse set of green plants (Viridiplantae).
Burleigh, J. Gordon +4 more
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Evolution of plant ribosome-inactivating proteins [PDF]
, 2010 This contribution presents an updated analysis of the evolution of ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) in plants. All evidence suggests that an ancestor of modern seed plants developed the RIP domain at least 300 million years ago.
Peumans, Willy J, Van Damme, Els
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Agro-mophological characterization, adaptational behaviour and flower abnormalities of Lilium L. cultivars in addition to a flower with stochastic flower formula [PDF]
, 2023 This experiment was undertaken to determine the adaptation of Lilium L. cultivars to North-Western part of Türkiye and to define morphologic plant growth characteristics at aboveground part, including flower life and flower abnormalities.
CAVUSOGLU, Aysun
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Macroevolutionary dynamics in the transition of angiosperms to aquatic environments
New Phytologist, Volume 235, Issue 1, Page 344-355, July 2022., 2022 Summary Angiosperm lineages in aquatic environments are characterized by high structural and functional diversity, and wide distributions. A long‐standing evolutionary riddle is what processes have caused the relatively low diversity of aquatic angiosperms compared to their terrestrial relatives.
Andrea S. Meseguer +3 more
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