Discoveries from collections‐based science change the way we perceive ourselves, our
environment, and our place in the universe. The 18th Century saw the beginning of formal …

Vitaceae (the grape family) consist of 16 genera and ca. 950 species primarily distributed in
tropical regions. The family is well‐known for the economic importance of grapes, and is …

The grape family consists of 16 genera and ca. 950 species. It is best known for the
economically important fruit crop–the grape Vitis vinifera. The deep phylogenetic …

Secondary growth from a vascular cambium, present today only in seed plants and
isoetalean lycophytes, has a 400‐million‐yr evolutionary history that involves considerably …

Endoparasitic plants are the most reduced flowering plants, spending most of their lives as a
network of filaments within the tissues of their hosts. Despite their extraordinary life form, we …

Evolutionary developmental biology (evo‐devo) explores the link between developmental
patterning and phenotypic change through evolutionary time. In this review, we highlight the …

Background Alternative patterns of secondary growth in stems of Nyctaginaceae is present
in all growth habits of the family and have been known for a long time. However, the …

Studies of anatomically preserved fossils provide a wealth of information on the evolution of
plant vascular systems through time, from the oldest evidence of vascular plants more than …

Successive cambia are not commonly reported in lianas from temperate zones, but previous
studies have pointed to their presence in Wisteria, albeit with controversy concerning their …

Deviations in the regular pattern of secondary growth have occurred multiple times over the
history of woody plants and these have been treated under the term cambial variant. Here …