'Winners and losers' as global warming forces plants uphill
Some plant species will "win" and others will "lose" as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research shows.
Some plant species will "win" and others will "lose" as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2024
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Flowers play an essential role in maintaining a species' genetic stability. Understanding how flowers regulate water use strategies to adapt to their environment is crucial for better understanding floral evolution and plant-pollinator-environment ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2024
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It is well known that animal-pollinated plants usually offer nectar or pollen to reward vectors for pollen transfer. While nectar is a kind of sugar water, pollen is protein-rich, a must-need nutrient for bee babies. The ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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In a new study, published in the journal New Phytologist, a team of scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have, for the first time, predicted the extinction risk of all 328,565 known species of flowering plants.
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2024
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A multi-agency study, spearheaded by researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, underscores the impacts of strategic ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2024
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A new study shows that U.K. solar parks, if managed correctly, can provide vital resources to help stem the decline in the nation's bees and butterflies.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2024
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New research led by Monash University experts used computer simulations to reveal the ancient link between bees and the evolution of colors in flowers. The research, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, simulated ...
Evolution
Feb 4, 2024
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Scientists at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment ...
Evolution
Dec 20, 2023
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An international team of researchers led by botanists at the University of Vienna, Austria, has analyzed the morphological diversity of fossilized flowers and compared it with the diversity of living species. They found that ...
Evolution
Nov 30, 2023
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EU researchers are turning to the world's top pollinator in an attempt to reverse biodiversity loss and help fruit growers.
Ecology
Oct 27, 2023
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Amborellaceae Nymphaeales Austrobaileyales Mesangiospermae
Anthophyta Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm., 1966
The flowering plants or angiosperms (Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants. The flowering plants are distinguished from other seed plants by a series of apomorphies, or derived characteristics.
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