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p-Coumaroylation of lignin occurs outside of commelinid monocots in the eudicot genus Morus (mulberry). [PDF]

Plant Physiol, 2023
AbstractThe presence of p-coumarate (pCA) in plant cell walls is generally considered to be a trait present only in commelinid monocots. Here, we show that this long-held overgeneralizing assumption is incorrect and that mulberry trees (Morus) are eudicot plants that have lignins derived in part from monolignol pCA esters.
Hellinger J, Kim H, Ralph J, Karlen SD.
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Biosilicification in monocots: Comparative analysis highlights contrasting patterns of deposition. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Abstract Premise New insights into biomineral uptake and sequestration are important for understanding how plants grow. Some plants accumulate silica accretions in precise locations in particular cells. Among monocots, controlled biosilicification occurs in several different forms and is restricted to commelinids and orchids. Methods We utilized energy‐
Rudall PJ, Lourenco J, Mahto MK.
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Identification of universal grass genes and estimates of their monocot-/commelinid-/grass-specificity. [PDF]

Bioinform Adv
Abstract Motivation Where experiments identify sets of grass genes of unknown function, e.g. underlying a QTL or co-expressed in a transcriptome, it is useful to know which of these genes are common to all grasses (universal) and whether they likely have monocot-/commelinid-/grass-specific function.
Mitchell RAC.
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Plastid genomes and deep relationships among the commelinid monocot angiosperms [PDF]

Cladistics, 2012
AbstractThe commelinid monocots comprise the orders Arecales (A), Commelinales (C), Poales sensu Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (APGIII) (P), Zingiberales (Z), plus the unplaced family Dasypogonaceae (D), collectively containing numerous economically and ecologically important species and encompassing enormous morphological diversity.
Barrett, C., Davis, J., Leebens-Mack, J., Conran, J., Stevenson, D.   +4 more
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Commelinid Monocotyledon Lignins Are Acylated by p-Coumarate [PDF]

Plant Physiology, 2018
Commelinid monocotyledons are a monophyletic clade differentiated from other monocotyledons by the presence of cell wall-bound ferulate and p-coumarate. The Poaceae, or grass family, is a member of this group, and most of the p-coumarate in the cell walls of this family acylates lignin.
Steven D. Karlen, Heather C.A. Free, Dharshana Padmakshan, Bronwen G. Smith, John Ralph, Philip J. Harris   +5 more
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A new commelinid monocot seed fossil from the early Eocene previously identified as Solanaceae [PDF]

American Journal of Botany, 2018
Premise of the StudyFossils provide minimum age estimates for extant lineages. Here we critically evaluate Cantisolanum daturoides Reid & Chandler and two other early putative seed fossils of Solanaceae, an economically important plant family in the Asteridae.MethodsThree earliest seed fossil taxa of Solanaceae from the London Clay Formation ...
Särkinen, Tiina, Kottner, Soren, Stuppy, Wolfgang, Ahmed, Farah, Knapp, Sandra   +4 more
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Dispersal traits in the hyper-arid hot desert of the United Arab Emirates [PDF]

Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Background and aims – This study describes the dispersal traits of 302 species in five Afro-Arabian habitats from the hyper-arid hot desert of United Arabian Emirates (UAE).Methods – Diaspore size (diaspora length) was studied in relation to growth forms,
Hatem Shabana, Teresa Navarro, Ali El-Keblawy   +2 more
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Angiosperm diversity in Bhadrak region of Odisha, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
We present the information about angiosperm species in Bhadrak District of Odisha, India. In so doing, we assess the state of floristic knowledge across ecoregions of the district and pinpoint our understanding of the district flora.
Taranisen Panda, Bikram Kumar Pradhan, Rabindra Kumar Mishra, Srusti Dhar Rout, Raj Ballav Mohanty   +4 more
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Asian Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer)

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objective Borassus flabellifer or Asian Palmyra palm is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia and is horticultural and economic importance for its fruit and palm sugar production.
Arpakorn Sakulsathaporn, Passorn Wonnapinij, Supachai Vuttipongchaikij, Somsak Apisitwanich   +3 more
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The first complete chloroplast genome of Pontederia cordata (Pontederiaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The order Commelinales comprises many species with important economic and ecological values and represents a striking case of morphologically convergent evolution in monocots.
Qing Ma, Jiye Liang
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