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A Floral Ontogenetic Approach to Questions of Homology within the Cyperoideae (Cyperaceae)

A Floral Ontogenetic Study in the Dipsacales

scientific article published in 1996

A New Enzyme-Based Method for the Treatment of Fragile Pollen Grains Collected from Herbarium Material

scientific article (publication date: August 2004)

A New Heterophyllous Spermacoce Species (Rubiaceae) from the Marungu Highlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo

article

A Plastid Gene Phylogeny Of the Yam Genus, Dioscorea : Roots, Fruits and Madagascar

article

A Search for Phylogenetically Informative Pollen Characters in the Subtribe Salviinae (Mentheae: Lamiaceae)

scientific article published in 2008

A collapsed tribe revisited: pollen morphology of the Isertieae (Cinchonoideae–Rubiaceae)

A comparative study of metal levels in leaves of some Al-accumulating Rubiaceae

scientific article

A comparative ultrastructural study of pit membranes with plasmodesmata associated thickenings in four angiosperm species.

scientific article

A comparison of paraffin and resin-based techniques used in bark anatomy

scientific article published on June 2011

A floral ontogenetic study on the sister group relationship between the genus Samolus (Primulaceae) and the Theophrastaceae

scientific article

A new herbaceous genus endemic to Madagascar: Phialiphora (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae)

scientific article published on December 2010

A plastid DNA phylogeny of tribe Miliuseae: insights into relationships and character evolution in one of the most recalcitrant major clades of Annonaceae

scientific article

A search for phylogenetically informative wood characters within Lecythidaceae s.l.

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

A total evidence approach using palynological characters to infer the complex evolutionary history of the Asian Impatiens (Balsaminaceae)

scientific article published on April 2012

Adapted to the Rain Forest Floor: A Remarkable New Dwarf Coffea (Rubiaceae) from Lower Guinea (Tropical Africa)

scientific article (publication date: February 1997)

Age and historical biogeography of the pantropically distributed Spathelioideae (Rutaceae, Sapindales)

scholarly article by Marc S. Appelhans et al published 24 February 2012 in Journal of Biogeography

Aluminium accumulation in leaves of 127 species in Melastomataceae, with comments on the order Myrtales.

scientific article

Aluminum Hyperaccumulation in Angiosperms: A Review of Its Phylogenetic Significance

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Anchored hybrid enrichment generated nuclear, plastid and mitochondrial markers resolve the Lepanthes horrida (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) species complex

scientific article published on 21 July 2018

Ancient Gondwana break-up explains the distribution of the mycoheterotrophic family Corsiaceae (Liliales)

Assembling the Tree of Life in Europe (AToLE)

Bacterial leaf symbiosis in Ardisia (Myrsinoideae, Primulaceae): molecular evidence for host specificity

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Bacterial leaf symbiosis in angiosperms: host specificity without co-speciation

scientific article

Bias and conflict in phylogenetic inference of myco-heterotrophic plants: a case study in Thismiaceae

article

Biogeographical Patterns of Legume-Nodulating Burkholderia spp.: from African Fynbos to Continental Scales

scientific article

CARNOY: A new digital measurement tool for palynology

scholarly article by Peter Schols published in January 2002

COMPARATIVE WOOD ANATOMY OF AFRICAN COFFEEAE (RUBIACEAE-IXOROIDEAE)

scientific article

Challenges for biodiversity research in Europe

Change in floral nectar components from fresh to senescent flowers ofCapparis spinosa (Capparidaceae), a nocturnally flowering Mediterranean shrub

scientific article published in 1996

Changes in pit membrane porosity due to deflection and stretching: the role of vestured pits

scientific article published on 04 June 2004

Characterization of the papilionoid-Burkholderia interaction in the Fynbos biome: The diversity and distribution of beta-rhizobia nodulating Podalyria calyptrata (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae).

scientific article published on 22 November 2015

Chassalia petitiana (Rubiaceae-Psychotrieae), an Overlooked Epiphytic Species Hidden in the African Canopy

scientific article published in 1999

Chassalia subcordatifolia, a New Combination in African Rubiaceae (Rubioideae, Psychotrieae)

scientific article published in 1999

Cneorum (Rutaceae) in Cuba? The solution to a 150 year old mystery

scientific article published on August 2010

Comparative Pollen Development in Dioscoreales

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Comparative Wood Anatomy of the Primuloid Clade (Ericales s.l.)

scientific article published in 2005

Comparative pollen morphology and ultrastructure of Mentheae subtribe Nepetinae (Lamiaceae)

Comparative wood anatomy and origin of woodiness in subfamilies Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae)

scientific article published in 2022

Comparative wood anatomy of epacrids (Styphelioideae, Ericaceae s.l.)

scientific article

Conflicting phylogenies of balsaminoid families and the polytomy in Ericales: combining data in a Bayesian framework

scientific article

Correction: Endophytic Bacteria in Toxic South African Plants: Identification, Phylogeny and Possible Involvement in Gousiekte.

scientific article published on 24 June 2011

Correlated evolutionary rates across genomic compartments in Annonaceae.

scientific article

Description of 11 new Astiella (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) species endemic to Madagascar

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Detection of Burkholderia in the seeds of Psychotria punctata (Rubiaceae) - Microscopic evidence for vertical transmission in the leaf nodule symbiosis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Deux nouvelles espèces paléo-endémiques de Pauridiantha (Rubiaceae) des Monts Udzungwa (sud de la Tanzanie) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2003

Dialypetalanthus Fuscescens Kuhlm. (Dialypetalanthaceae): The Problematic Taxonomic Position of an Amazonian Endemic

scientific article published in 1997

Dispersing towards Madagascar: Biogeography and evolution of the Madagascan endemics of the Spermacoceae tribe (Rubiaceae).

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Diversification of myco-heterotrophic angiosperms: evidence from Burmanniaceae

scientific article

Ecological trends in the wood anatomy of Vaccinioideae (Ericaceae s.l.)

scientific article published in 2004

Elaborate petals in Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae) species: morphology, ontogeny and function

scientific article published on 7 October 2006

Embolism resistance in stems of herbaceous Brassicaceae and Asteraceae is linked to differences in woodiness and precipitation

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Endophytic bacteria in toxic South African plants: identification, phylogeny and possible involvement in gousiekte

scientific article published in 2011

Endosymbiont transmission mode in bacterial leaf nodulation as revealed by a population genetic study of Psychotria leptophylla

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Evolution and Phylogenetic Importance of Endocarp and Seed Characters in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)

scholarly article by Bart Jacobs et al published March 2008 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

Evolution and development of fruits of Erycina pusilla and other orchid species

scientific article published in 2023

Evolution and development of three highly specialized floral structures of bee-pollinated Phalaenopsis species

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Evolution and systematic value of fruit and seed characters in Adoxaceae (Dipsacales)

scientific article published on June 2010

Evolution of fruit and seed characters in the Diervilla and Lonicera clades (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales)

scientific article (publication date: 5 June 2009)

Evolution of mycoheterotrophy in Polygalaceae: The case of Epirixanthes

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Evolution of pollination syndromes and corolla symmetry in Balsaminaceae reconstructed using phylogenetic comparative analyses

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Evolutionary diversification and historical biogeography of the Orchidaceae in Central America with emphasis on Costa Rica and Panama ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia

scientific article

Evolutionary history of the Afro-Madagascan Ixora species (Rubiaceae): species diversification and distribution of key morphological traits inferred from dated molecular phylogenetic trees

scientific article (publication date: December 2013)

Experimental design criteria in phylogenetics: where to add taxa

scientific article published in August 2007

Exploring genetic variation in the tomato (Solanum section Lycopersicon) clade by whole-genome sequencing

scientific article published on 3 September 2014

Exploring the evolutionary origin of floral organs of Erycina pusilla, an emerging orchid model system

scientific article

Floral Development of Galopina tomentosa with a Discussion of Sympetaly and Placentation in the Rubiaceae

scientific article published in 2000

Floral Ontogenetic Evidence in Support of the Willdenowia Clade of South African Restionaceae

article

Floral and inflorescence morphology and ontogeny in Beta vulgaris, with special emphasis on the ovary position

scientific article published on 10 August 2008

Floral development of Hydrocera and Impatiens reveals evolutionary trends in the most early diverged lineages of the Balsaminaceae

scientific article (publication date: 12 April 2012)

Floral evolution by simplification in Monanthotaxis (Annonaceae) and hypotheses for pollination system shifts

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Floral similarities between Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae: systematic significance

scientific article

Fruits and Seeds of the Valeriana Clade (Dipsacales): Diversity and Evolution

scientific article published in 2010

Functional network analysis of genes differentially expressed during xylogenesis in soc1ful woody Arabidopsis plants

scientific article

Global Decline of and Threats to Aegagropila linnaei, with Special Reference to the Lake Ball Habit

scientific article published in March 2010

Gomphocalyx and Phylohydrax (Rubiaceae): Sister Taxa Excluded from Spermacoceae s.s., Featuring a Remarkable Case of Convergent Evolution

scientific article (publication date: February 2005)

INLEIDING TOT HET CLADISME

scientific article

Identification of the bacterial endosymbionts in leaf nodules of Pavetta (Rubiaceae).

scientific article

Identification, origin, and evolution of leaf nodulating symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae).

scientific article

Implications of a molecular phylogenetic study of the Malagasy genus Cedrelopsis and its relatives (Ptaeroxylaceae).

scientific article published on 30 June 2010

Insular woodiness on the Canary Islands: a remarkable case of convergent evolution

scientific article published in 2013

Integrating comparative morphology and development into evolutionary research

scientific article published in 2023

Intervascular pit membranes with a torus in the wood of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) and related genera

scientific article published in 2004

Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Intraspecific variation in Burkholderia caledonica: Europe vs. Africa and soil vs. endophytic isolates

scientific article

Is the bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis obligate for Psychotria umbellata? The development of a Burkholderia-free host plant

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Isolepis levynsiana, a New Name for Cyperus tenellus (Cyperaceae)

scientific article

Late Holocene Environmental Change and the Record of Human Impact at Gravgaz near Sagalassos, Southwest Turkey

Long-term experimental warming alters community composition of ascomycetes in Alaskan moist and dry arctic tundra

scientific article

Long-term increase in snow depth leads to compositional changes in arctic ectomycorrhizal fungal communities

scientific article

Long-term warming alters richness and composition of taxonomic and functional groups of arctic fungi

scientific article

Man and environment in the territory of Sagalassos, a classical city in SW Turkey

scholarly article

Micromorphology and Character Evolution of Nutlets in Tribe Mentheae (Nepetoideae, Lamiaceae)

scientific article published in 2009

Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma

scientific article published on October 2010

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Orchid Fruit Development

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Morphological and Ultrastructural Diversity of Orbicules in Gentianaceae ⬇️

scientific article published on September 19, 2003

Morphological and ultrastructural diversity of orbicules in relation to evolutionary tendencies in apocynaceae s.L.

scientific article

Morphology and ultrastructure of orbicules in the subfamily Ixoroideae (Rubiaceae)

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Morphology, molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Impatiens akomensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Cameroon

scientific article

Mycoheterotrophic interactions are not limited to a narrow phylogenetic range of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article

New insights in the long-debated evolutionary history of Triuridaceae (Pandanales).

scientific article

ON THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF TRIPLOSTEGIA (DIPSACALES): A COMBINED MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH

scientific article

On the Wood and Stem Anatomy of Monococcus echinophorus (Phytolaccaceae s.l.)

scientific article published in 2000

On the character "carpel-form" : trends in the development of the Magnoliate pistil ⬇️

scientific article

Ontogeny and Anatomy of the Dimorphic Pitchers of Nepenthes rafflesiana Jack

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Orbicules in Flowering Plants: A Phylogenetic Perspective on their Form and Function

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Orbicules in angiosperms: Morphology, function, distribution, and relation with tapetum types

Orchid fruit and root movement analyzed using 2D photographs and a bioinformatics pipeline for processing sequential 3D scans

scientific article published in 2024

PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS IN NARTHECIACEAE (DIOSCOREALES), WITH FOCUS ON POLLEN AND ORBICULE MORPHOLOGY

scientific article

Palynological Characters and Their Phylogenetic Signal in Rubiaceae

scholarly article by Steven Dessein et al published September 2005 in The Botanical Review

Palynological diversity and major evolutionary trends in Cyperaceae

scientific article published in 2008

Palynological variation in Balsaminoid Ericales. II. Balsaminaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Pellicieraceae and general conclusions.

scientific article

Palynological variation in balsaminoid ericales. I. Marcgraviaceae

scientific article

Petaloidy and petal identity MADS-box genes in the balsaminoid genera Impatiens and Marcgravia

scientific article published on 19 July 2006

Phylogenetic comparative methods improve the selection of characters for generic delimitations in a hyperdiverse Neotropical orchid clade

scientific article published on 22 October 2019

Phylogenetic lineages in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) associated with Burkholderia bacteria in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Phylogenetic relationships of the mycoheterotrophic genus Voyria and the implications for the biogeographic history of Gentianaceae

scientific article

Phylogenetic signal of orbicules at family level: Rubiaceae as case study

scientific article published on June 2011

Phylogenetic utility of the AP3/DEF K-domain and its molecular evolution in Impatiens (Balsaminaceae).

scientific article published on 26 November 2006

Phylogenetics of Impatiens and Hydrocera (Balsaminaceae) Using Chloroplast atpB-rbcL Spacer Sequences

scholarly article by Steven Janssens et al published 1 January 2006 in Systematic Botany

Phylogeny and Biogeography of Balsaminaceae Inferred from ITS Sequences

scientific article (publication date: May 2004)

Phylogeny and evolution of Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data

scientific article

Phylogeny of Cyperaceae Based on DNA Sequence Data: Current Progress and Future Prospects

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Phylogeny of Cyperaceae Based on DNA Sequence Data–a New rbcL Analysis

scientific article published in 2007

Phylogeny of Temperate Gentianaceae: A Morphological Approach

scholarly article by Sandor Meszaros et al published April 1996 in Systematic Botany

Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its Relationships with Allied Genera Based on Plastid DNA Data: Resurrection of the Genus Empogona1

scientific article

Phylogeny of the Herbaceous Tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) Based on Plastid DNA Data1

scholarly article by Inge Groeninckx et al published 23 March 2009 in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Phylogeny of the Linnaea clade: are Abelia and Zabelia closely related?

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

Phylogeny of tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae): The story of molecules and micromorphological characters

scientific article published on August 2010

Phylogeny, evolutionary trends and classification of the Spathelia-Ptaeroxylon clade: morphological and molecular insights

scientific article

Pistillata--duplications as a mode for floral diversification in (Basal) asterids

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

Pollen Evolution in Yams ( Dioscorea : Dioscoreaceae)

scientific article published in 2005

Pollen and Seeds Reveal That Spermacoce thymoidea s.l. (African Rubiaceae, Spermacoceae) Represents Three Endemic or Disjunct Species from the Zambezian High Plateaus

scientific article published in 2003

Pollen development of Rondeletia odorata (Rubiaceae).

scientific article

Pollen morphological support for the Catesbaeeae-Chiococceae-Exostema-complex (Rubiaceae)

scientific article published in 1999

Pollen morphology of NW European representatives confirms monophyly of Rubieae (Rubiaceae)

Pollen of African Spermacoce species (Rubiaceae) Morphology and evolutionary aspects

article

Pollen ontogeny linked to tapetal cell maturation inImpatiens parviflora(Balsaminaceae)

scientific article published in 2012

Pollen sequences from the city of Sagalassos (Pisidia, southwest Turkey)

Pollination of Specklinia by nectar-feeding Drosophila: the first reported case of a deceptive syndrome employing aggregation pheromones in Orchidaceae.

scientific article published on 13 June 2015

Portrayal of Impatiens nzabiana (Balsaminaceae): a Morphological, Molecular and Biogeographic Study of a New Gabonese Species

scientific article

Rapid radiation of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) during Pliocene and Pleistocene: result of a global climate change.

scientific article

Rate accelerations in nuclear 18S rDNA of mycoheterotrophic and parasitic angiosperms

scientific article

Recombination and horizontal transfer of nodulation and ACC deaminase (acdS) genes within Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria nodulating legumes of the Cape Fynbos biome.

scientific article published on 2 October 2015

Rediscovery of Malagasy Lathraeocarpa Allows Determination of Its Taxonomic Position within Rubiaceae

scientific article published on February 2009

Relationships within balsaminoid Ericales: a wood anatomical approach

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

RÉVISION DE PAURIDIANTHA PAUCINERVIS (RUBIACEAE, PAURIDIANTHEAE) ET DES ESPÈCES VOISINES

scientific article

Scalariform-to-simple transition in vessel perforation plates triggered by differences in climate during the evolution of Adoxaceae

scientific article

Screening for leaf-associated endophytes in the genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae).

scientific article

Searching for the taxonomic position of the African genus Colletoecema (Rubiaceae): morphology and anatomy compared to an rps16-intron analysis of the Rubioideae

scientific article published in 2000

Selection on length mutations after frameshift can explain the origin and retention of the AP3/DEF-like paralogues in Impatiens

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

Sepal Identity of the Pappus and Floral Organ Development in the Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale; Asteraceae)

scientific article published in 2021

Similarities In Floral Ontogeny And Anatomy Between The Genera Francoa (Francoaceae) And Greyia (Greyiaceae)

scientific article

Spikelet structure and development in Cyperoideae (Cyperaceae): a monopodial general model based on ontogenetic evidence

scientific article

Stem anatomy supports Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for insular woodiness

article

Summer temperature increase has distinct effects on the ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of moist tussock and dry tundra in Arctic Alaska

scientific article

Symbiotic diversity, specificity and distribution of rhizobia in native legumes of the Core Cape Subregion (South Africa).

scientific article published on 8 December 2014

Symbiotic ß-proteobacteria beyond legumes: Burkholderia in Rubiaceae

scientific article published in 2013

Systematic Wood Anatomy of the Pavetteae (Rubiaceae, Ixoroideae)

scientific article published in 1999

Systematic value of tapetal orbicules: a preliminary survey of the Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae)

article published in 1997

Syzygium (Myrtaceae): Monographing a taxonomic giant via 22 coordinated regional revisions

Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Cuviera (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae) and reinstatement of Globulostylis with the description of three new species

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

The Effect of Nutrient and Water Availability on Nectar Secretion and Nectary Structure of the Dominant Labiatae Species of Phrygana

scientific article published in 1999

The evolution and function of vessel and pit characters with respect to cavitation resistance across 10 Prunus species

scientific article

The evolution of aluminium accumulation in angiosperms

scholarly article published 2004

The flora phenotype ontology (FLOPO): tool for integrating morphological traits and phenotypes of vascular plants

scientific article

The micromorphology of pit membranes in tracheary elements of ericales: new records of tori or pseudo-tori?

scientific article published on 25 August 2006

The multiple fuzzy origins of woodiness within Balsaminaceae using an integrated approach. Where do we draw the line?

scientific article

The need to re-investigate the nature of homoplastic characters: an ontogenetic case study of the 'bracteoles' in Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae)

scientific article

The phylogenetic significance of vestured pits in Boraginaceae

scientific article published on April 2010

The potential role of orbicules as a vector of allergens

scientific article published in December 2001

The relationship between nectaries and floral architecture: a case study in Geraniaceae and Hypseocharitaceae

scientific article

The wood anatomy of the polyphyletic Icacinaceae s.l., and their relationships within asterids

scientific article published on May 2008

Theligonum cynocrambe: Developmental morphology of a peculiar rubiaceous herb

scientific article published in 1998

Thismia americana, the 101st Anniversary of a Botanical Mystery

scientific article published in 2014

Three new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Myanmar

scholarly article by Saroj Ruchisansakun et al published 9 February 2018 in Phytotaxa

Unisexual flowers as a robust synapomorphy in Cariceae (Cyperaceae)? Evidence for bisexual flowers in Schoenoxiphium

scientific article published in 2012

Unraveling the Phylogeny of Heptacodium and Zabelia (Caprifoliaceae): An Interdisciplinary Approach

scholarly article by Bart Jacobs et al published 22 February 2011 in Systematic Botany

Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: evidence from vestured pits ⬇️

scholarly article

Vegetative Anatomy and Affinities of Dirachma socotrana (Dirachmaceae)

scientific article published in 2001

Vessel grouping patterns in subfamilies Apocynoideae and Periplocoideae confirm phylogenetic value of wood structure within Apocynaceae

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Vestured Pits in Malvales s.l.: A Character with Taxonomic Significance Hidden in the Secondary Xylem

scientific article (publication date: May 2000)

Vestured Pits: Their Occurrence and Systematic Importance in Eudicots

scientific article (publication date: February 2001)

Vestured pits: do they promote safer water transport?

scientific article published in 2003

What is a Genus in Cypereae: Phylogeny, Character Homology Assessment and Generic Circumscription in Cypereae

scholarly article by A. Muthama Muasya et al published 6 December 2008 in The Botanical Review

What shapes amino acid and sugar composition in Mediterranean floral nectars?

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Wood anatomy of Rauvolfioideae (Apocynaceae): a search for meaningful non-DNA characters at the tribal level

scientific article

Woodiness within the Spermacoceae-Knoxieae alliance (Rubiaceae): retention of the basal woody condition in Rubiaceae or recent innovation?

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

World Flora Online: Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world's plants ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

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