▪ Abstract The predominantly wind-pollinated order Poales includes about one third of all
monocot (Angiosperm) species, with c. 20,000 species dominating modern savanna and …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Increasingly robust understanding of angiosperm phylogeny allows more secure
reconstruction of the flower in the most recent common ancestor of extant angiosperms and …

In somatic cell division, cytokinesis is the final step of the cell cycle and physically divides
the mother cytoplasm into two daughter cells. In the meiotic cell division, however, pollen …

The present classification of extant flowering plants (Magnoliopsida) updates and revises
those presented previously by bringing together the vast majority of new information …

Pollen grains, the male gametophytes of seed plants, surround themselves with a complex
pollen wall for protection from various environmental stresses. The deposition and assembly …

Relationships of Dioscoreales are examined by combined analysis of three molecular data
sets (plastid rbcL, atpB and nuclear 18S rDNA genes) and a morphological data set. The …

Microsporogenesis is highly labile in early-branching angiosperms, ie, those with mostly
sulcate pollen, compared with the tricolpate and tricolpate-derived eudicots. New records of …

Background Previous phylogenetics studies of Asparagales, although extensive and
generally well supported, have left several sets of taxa unclearly placed and have not …

Gynoecium and ovule structure was comparatively studied in representatives of the basal
monocots, including Acorales (Acoraceae), Alismatales (Araceae, Alismataceae …