A survey of 659 papers mostly published since 1987 was conducted to compile a checklist of
mycorrhizal occurrence among 3,617 species (263 families) of land plants. A plant …

The adaptive significance of leaf life spans has been examined from several different points
of view. Evergreenness has been explained in terms of nutrient conservation (86), improving …

Water lilies belong to the angiosperm order Nymphaeales. Amborellales, Nymphaeales and
Austrobaileyales together form the so-called ANA-grade of angiosperms, which are extant …

Aristolochia, a genus in the magnoliid order Piperales, has been famous for centuries for its
highly specialized flowers and wide medicinal applications. Here, we present a new, high …

Brassicaceae is one of the most diverse and economically valuable angiosperm families
with widely cultivated vegetable crops and scientifically important model plants, such as …

Originally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and
explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the …

Growing evidence of morphological diversity in angiosperm flowers, seeds and pollen from
the mid Cretaceous and the presence of derived lineages from increasingly older geological …

Mid‐Cretaceous (Barremian‐Turonian) plankton preserved in deep‐sea marl, organic‐rich
shale, and pelagic carbonate hold an important record of how the marine biosphere …

The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially
with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new molecular data. The …

The fossil record for angiosperm pollen types which are comparable to recent taxa is
evaluated, following a similar survey published in 1970. Special attention is paid to the …