Over centuries of plant morphological research, biologists have enthusiastically explored
how distinct vascular arrangements have diversified. These investigations have focused on …

Abstract Background and Aims Byttneria is one of the few climbing genera in Malvaceae.
Some Byttneria are known for their lobed stems. We explore the development of these …

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 …

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 …

Premise of research. The alternative patterns of secondary growth (vascular cambial
variants) in stems of Nyctaginaceae are outstanding and have been widely investigated …

Premise Laticifers have evolved multiple times in angiosperms and have been interpreted
as a key innovation involved in plant defense mechanisms. In Malpighiaceae, laticifers were …

This paper describes and illustrates Heteropterys serrata, a new species endemic to
semideciduous forests associated with inselbergs in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil …

Paullinieae lianas are noteworthy for possessing cambial variants, so it is not surprising that
the structure of the vascular system has been the focus of most of anatomical studies …

Ayahuasca is a traditional psychoactive beverage with pharmaceutical potential, prepared
with Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis, although the use of non-traditional plants …

Lianas and vascular variants have long been correlated since it is in lianas where they are
most commonly found. Structurally, these vascular variants mix soft and stiff tissues allowing …