Phylotranscriptomics Shed Light on Intrageneric Relationships and Historical Biogeography of Ceratozamia (Cycadales) [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Ceratozamia Brongn. is one of the species-rich genera of Cycadales comprising 38 species that are mainly distributed in Mexico, with a few species reported from neighboring regions.
Sadaf Habib +6 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) and evolution in Cycadales [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Cycadales is an extant group of seed plants occurring in subtropical and tropical regions comprising putatively three families and 10 genera. At least one complete plastid genome sequence has been reported for all of the 10 genera except Microcycas ...
Aimee Caye G. Chang +7 more
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Monograph of Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadales): an endangered genus [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2022 Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadales), is a member one of the most endangered seed plant groups. Species of Ceratozamia grow from near sea level up to 2,100 meters in Mexico and Mesoamerica.
Lilí Martínez-Domínguez +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Zamia integrifolia uncovers distinct patterns of genomic turnover and repeat expansion in Zamiaceae [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionGymnosperm mitochondrial genomes exhibit substantial variation in size and structure, yet the evolutionary dynamics of Cycadales remain insufficiently explored beyond the genus Cycas.MethodsWe assembled the complete mitochondrial genome of ...
Zhaowu Zhang +8 more
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A comprehensive phylogenomic framework for cycads (Cycadales) [PDF]
PhytoKeysHere we present a time-calibrated phylogeny of 346 cycad accessions, covering ≈86% of the 380 accepted species, across all 10 extant genera, inferred from 1,409 single-copy nuclear loci (411,345 amino acid sites) derived from transcriptome and genome ...
Michael Calonje +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 Heterocyte-forming cyanobacteria form symbiotic relationships with several lineages of plants. Here, twenty (20) strains of endosymbiotic cyanobacteria (cyanobionts) with Nostoc-like morphologies were isolated from the highly specialized coralloid roots ...
Melissa H. Pecundo +6 more
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High-performance liquid chromatography – diode array detection method validation for amentoflavone-type biflavonoids in five Encephalartos species with potential neuroprotective activity [PDF]
Scientific ReportsGinkgo biloba is a well-known food supplement for enhancing memory and is rich in biflavonoids. Biflavonoids are predominant in the Order Cycadales (cycads). Among cycads, five Encephalartos species, E. ferox, E. kisambo, E. laurentianus, E.
Zainab G. El-Natory +4 more
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Earliest evidence of granivory from China (Shanxi Formation) points to seeds as a food source and nursing habitat for insects in the earliest Permian humid tropical forests of Cathaysia. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThree types of plant-insect interactions are identified on seeds from the lower Permian (Asselian) Shanxi and lower Shihhotse formations of the Taiyuan district, North China.
Artai A Santos +2 more
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Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae) [PDF]
Annals of BotanyShou-Zhou Zhang, Shanshan Dong
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Evolutionary trends of reproductive phenotype in Cycadales: an analysis of morphological evolution in Ceratozamia. [PDF]
Annals of BotanyFrancisco Vergara-Silva +2 more
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