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Transcriptomic prey-capture responses in convergently evolved carnivorous pitcher plants. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary The Australian pitcher plant Cephalotus and the Asian pitcher plant Nepenthes exhibit striking morphological and functional similarities, serving as compelling examples of convergent evolution. Although trapping pitchers in both lineages represent some of the most elaborate leaf structures in angiosperms, it remains unknown whether their ...
Wakatake T, Fukushima K.
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How the diversity in digestion in carnivorous plants may have evolved. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Carnivorous plants secrete digestive enzymes for prey degradation. Although carnivorous plants have a polyphyletic origin and evolved several times independently, they surprisingly co‐opted similar digestive enzymes during convergent evolution.
Pavlovič A.
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Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant. [PDF]

Plant Biol (Stuttg)
Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae). Abstract Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a photosynthetic adaptation enabling higher CO2 concentration close to Rubisco and increased water use efficiency.
Fleck NJ, Messerschmid TFE, Fleischmann A, Ferrari RC, Kadereit G.   +4 more
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Investigating Anthropogenic and Social Influences on Diet of Semi-Urban Vervet Monkeys Using DNA Metabarcoding. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We used eDNA metabarcoding of faecal samples to quantify the dietary composition of two vervet monkey populations in a semi‐urban environment in South Africa over a 4‐month period, and compared these results with visual observations. We found that both methods yielded similar results, but eDNA metabarcoding revealed a greater diversity of consumed taxa.
Felsch J, Mas-Carrió E, Mercier S, Schneider J, Forss S, Van de Waal E, Fumagalli L.   +6 more
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The Role of Plant Evolutionary History in Shaping the Variation in Specific Leaf Area Across China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In this study, we analyzed the influences of climatic conditions and soil properties on the specific leaf area (SLA), calculated the phylogenetic signals of SLA, and quantified the relative contributions of evolutionary history to the spatial variation in SLA. We underscored the importance of evolutionary history in shaping the spatial variation of SLA
Si M, Zhang C, Xiang C, Jiang M, Guo L, Shao J.   +5 more
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New records and range extension of the recently reestablished Lamanonia ulei (Engl.) L.B. Sm. (Cunoniaceae): notes on taxonomy and conservation [PDF]

Check List, 2020
We report new records of the recently reestablished Lamanonia ulei (Engl.) L.B.Sm. (Cunoniaceae) from southeastern Brazil. This species is currently known by only eight specimens from Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo states.
Fernanda Santos-Silva, Pedro Henrique Cardoso, João Paulo Fernandes Zorzanelli, Andressa Cabral   +3 more
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The carnivorous rainbow plant Byblis filifolia Planch. secretes digestive enzymes in response to prey capture independently of jasmonates. [PDF]

Plant Biol (Stuttg)
Secretion of digestive enzymes in response to prey capture in carnivorous plants with sticky traps is regulated by jasmonates in Drosera capensis but differently by unknown factor in Byblis filifolia. Abstract Carnivorous plants from the order Caryophyllales co‐opted plant phytohormones from a group of jasmonates to regulate digestive enzyme activity ...
Pavlovič A, Jílková T, Chamrád I, Lenobel R, Vrobel O, Tarkowski P.   +5 more
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Cunoniaceae from Caparaó National Park, Mantiqueira Mountain Range, Brazil

Rodriguésia, 2023
A floristic treatment is presented for Cunoniaceae in the Caparaó National Park (PNC), located in the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, on the border of the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states.
Fernanda Santos-Silva, Pedro Henrique Cardoso, Andressa Cabral   +2 more
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A chromosome-scale genome of Sarracenia purpurea reveals a significant expansion of plant defense and stress response gene families following paleopolyploidization. [PDF]

Plant Genome
Abstract Plant carnivory evolved through gene co‐option and whole genome duplications (WGDs) over millions of years in at least 13 independent flowering plant lineages, but its genetic mechanisms remain largely unknown. To elucidate these mechanisms in Sarraceniaceae, we sequenced and assembled the Sarracenia purpurea genome and conducted a comparative
Alabady M, Jiang L, Rogers W, Malmberg R.   +3 more
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Recruitment of Sugar Transport and Scent Volatile Genes for Prey Attraction in the Nectar Spoon of Heliamphora tatei. [PDF]

Evol Dev
Prey attraction is an integral component of the carnivorous syndrome, yet its molecular adaptations have remained largely unexplored. Our study utilized tissue‐specific transcriptomic data from the South American marsh pitcher plant, Heliamphora tatei, to explore the molecular and developmental basis of prey attraction.
Liu S, Smith SD.
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