Climbing plants require an external support to grow vertically and enhance light acquisition.
Vines that find a suitable support have greater performance and fitness than those that …

Liana (woody vine) abundance, height, diameter, and climbing mode were studied in the
mature tropical moist forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (BCI). Because lianas are …

Although vines and self-supporting plants differ physiologically, anatomically, and
phenologically, the primary differences are biomechanical. Lacking the capacity to hold …

New fossils provide the earliest unequivocal evidence of grasses. Spikelets and
inflorescence fragments with included pollen from the Paleocene/Eocene Wilcox Formation …

1 biology and physiology of vines Page 19 1 Biology and Physiology of Vines Kevin C. Vaughn
and Andrew J. Bowling USDA-ARS-SWSRU PO Box 350 Stoneville, MS 38776, USA I …

A general analysis of xylem cylinders is presented on the basis of intercontinental (Africa-
America) comparisons of 448 species (35 families) of tropical forest lianas. Drawings of stem …

Section Pseudodysosmia of Passiflora subg. Decaloba comprises 18 species, including 2
subspecies, of herbaceous to slightly woody climbers characterized by uncinate trichomes …

Kaplan's Principles of Plant Morphology defines the field of plant morphology, providing
resources, examples, and theoretical constructs that illuminate the foundations of plant …

The host‐dependent support habit of lianas is generally interpreted as a strategy designed
to reduce resource investment in mechanical tissues; this allows preferential allocation to …

1. Climbing plants utilize external structures as support for upright growth. Because climbers
lack the capacity to hold themselves upright, their performance in natural vegetation will be …