We reconstruct the evolutionary changes in different anatomical markers in order to
understand the evolution and functional aspects of growth rings during the diversification of …

Aim To test the hypothesis that adaptive shifts leading to the assembly of tropical savannas
involved coordination between bark and wood traits and to understand the underlying …

Wood anatomy of Buddleja is well-explored but not in many southern African members,
which form a grade of species and small clades that form successive sister groups to the rest …

Abstract As Proteaceae subfamily Proteoideae are richly represented in the Cape Floristic
Region of southern Africa and in south-western Australia, it is a convenient group for …

Fynbos, a shrubland from the Cape Floristic Region in South Africa, is one of five
Mediterranean-climate biomes alongside maquis in the Mediterranean Basin, chaparral in …

The wood structure of five species of Pterocarpus from Nigeria, distributed in tropical Africa,
was studied using light and scanning electron microscopy. This was done to explore the …

Astropanax and Neocussonia are two recently resurrected genera of Araliaceae that had
long been considered as an Afro-Malagasy lineage of Schefflera. The wood structure of 11 …

With over 80,000 species (> 25% of the total angiosperm species diversity) classified in 12
orders and about 100 families (sensu APG III, 2009), the asterids constitute a highly …

Summary The tribe Diosmeae (Rutaceae) encompasses circa 278 species classified in 11
genera: ten of them are shrubs endemic to the Cape Floristic Region (South Africa), while …

The Fynbos biome is one of five biomes with a mediterranean climate type. The climate
regime of these biomes is characterized by winter rains and summer droughts, with 90% or …