▪ 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 …

Brachypodium distachyon is a wild grass with a short life cycle. Although it is related to small
grain cereals such as wheat, its genome is only a fraction of the size. A draft genome …

The shapes of individual opal phytoliths from grasses, silica bodies formed in the epidermal
cells of the leaf, are indicators of the C 3 and C 4 photosynthetic pathways. Pooid phytoliths …

Abstract Thome, Robert F.(Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA 91711).
Classification and geography of the flowering plants. Bot. Rev. 58 (3): 225–348. 1992.—This …

Phylogenetic relationships withinChusquea, a diverse genus of neotropical woody
bamboos, and among selected members of the Bambusoideae were explored …

Paleotemperature and paleoprecipitation over the past 40 m. yr. can be inferred from the
degree of chemical weathering and depth of carbonate nodules in paleosols of Oregon …

Perennial forage grasses can be viewed as modular organisms. The phytomer is usually
considered the basic unit of the grass plant and consists of a leaf blade and sheath, the …

This book provides an advanced level text for those studying the role of grasses (including
cereals and bamboos) in agriculture, plant biology and ecology. Grasses used as examples …

The full nucleotide sequences of the chloroplast encoded large subunit of ribulose‐1, 5‐
bisphosphate carboxylase (rbcL) are available for nine grass species and partial sequence …

Diversification of photosynthesis 39 managed, and the known differential climatic responses
not only of C3 and C4 grasses but also of different C4 types, will be of value at least in …