Taking inspiration from climbing plants: methodologies and benchmarks—a review

I Fiorello, E Del Dottore, F Tramacere… - Bioinspiration & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the major challenges in robotics and engineering is to develop efficient technological
solutions that are able to cope with complex environments and unpredictable constraints …

The role of ontogeny in wood diversity and evolution

JG Onyenedum, MR Pace - American Journal of Botany, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary developmental biology (evo‐devo) explores the link between developmental
patterning and phenotypic change through evolutionary time. In this review, we highlight the …

Liana anatomy: a broad perspective on structural evolution of the vascular system

V Angyalossy, MR Pace, AC Lima - Ecology of lianas, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The vascular system of lianas exhibits a number of shared features that result from
convergent evolution and are independent of their taxonomic affinities. This chapter …

Evolution on the backbone: Apocynaceae phylogenomics and new perspectives on growth forms, flowers, and fruits

M Fishbein, T Livshultz, SCK Straub… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study We provide the largest phylogenetic analyses to date of Apocynaceae
in terms of taxa and molecular data as a framework for analyzing the evolution of vegetative …

Single-copy nuclear genes place haustorial Hydnoraceae within Piperales and reveal a Cretaceous origin of multiple parasitic angiosperm lineages

J Naumann, K Salomo, JP Der, EK Wafula, JF Bolin… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Extreme haustorial parasites have long captured the interest of naturalists and scientists with
their greatly reduced and highly specialized morphology. Along with the reduction or loss of …

Complete Chloroplast Genomes and Comparative Analysis of Sequences Evolution among Seven Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) Medicinal Species

X Li, Y Zuo, X Zhu, S Liao, J Ma - International Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aristolochiaceae, comprising about 600 species, is a unique plant family containing
aristolochic acids (AAs). In this study, we sequenced seven species of Aristolochia, and …

Three new species and three new records of Aristolochia subgenus Siphisia from Vietnam including a key to the Asian species

TV Do, TH Luu, S Wanke, C Neinhuis - Systematic Botany, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Aristolochia subgenus Siphisia comprises about 70 species, with a disjunct East-and South
Asian to North-and Central American distribution. Here we describe and illustrate three new …

[PDF][PDF] Reinstatement of Isotrema, a new generic delimitation of Aristolochia subgen Siphisia (Aristolochiaceae)

YJ Yan, JS Ma - Phytotaxa, 2019 - researchgate.net
Aristolochia subgen. Siphisia, comprising 98 species, is mainly distributed in East and South
Asia, with some scattered in North and Central America. It has often been recognized as one …

Mechanical properties and structure–function trade-offs in secondary xylem of young roots and stems

L Plavcová, F Gallenmüller, H Morris… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Bending and torsional properties of young roots and stems were measured in nine woody
angiosperms. The variation in mechanical parameters was correlated to wood anatomical …

High throughput phenotyping of morpho-anatomical stem properties using X-ray computed tomography in sorghum

FE Gomez, G Carvalho, F Shi, AH Muliana, WL Rooney - Plant methods, 2018 - Springer
Background In bioenergy/forage sorghum, morpho-anatomical stem properties are major
components affecting standability and juice yield. However, phenotyping these traits is low …