Mechanical forces acting within the plant body that can mold flower shape throughout
development received little attention. The palette of action of these forces ranges from …

The ideal reference for students of botany and horticulture, gardeners, and naturalists. The
diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering …

On a global scale, invasive grasses threaten biodiversity and ecosystem function.
Nevertheless, the importation of forage grasses is a significant economic force driven by …

Floral morphology is key for understanding floral evolution and plant identification. Floral
diagrams are two-dimensional representations of flowers that replace extensive descriptions …

Included in the PACMAD clade of the family Poaceae (Panicoideae, Arundinoideae,
Chloridoideae, Micrairoideae, Aristidoideae, Danthonioideae), the tribe Paniceae sl is one …

Antecedentes: La clasificación de la familia Poaceae ha cambiado a lo largo de los años,
por la evolución de distintas áreas del conocimiento de la sistemática, tanto en sus aspectos …

The shoot apical meristem of grasses produces the primary branches of the inflorescence,
controlling inflorescence architecture and hence seed production. Whereas leaves are …

Grass inflorescences are diverse, developmentally complex, and provide many of the
taxonomic characters used to differentiate the estimated 10,000 grass species. Here we …

South Texas is home to a high diversity of species due to its location at the confluence of
subtropical, desert, and coastal ecoregions. Historical overgrazing of South Texas …

Almost all angiosperms are angiospermous, ie the ovules are enclosed in carpels at
anthesis and during seed development, but angiospermy develops in different ways across …