Force of habit: shrubs, trees and contingent evolution of wood anatomical diversity usingCroton(Euphorbiaceae) as a model system | Zendy

Rafael Arévalo | Zendy; Benjamin W. van Ee | Zendy; Ricarda Riina | Zendy; Paul E. Berry | Zendy; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft | Zendy

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Force of habit: shrubs, trees and contingent evolution of wood anatomical diversity usingCroton(Euphorbiaceae) as a model system

Author(s) -

Rafael Arévalo,

Benjamin W. van Ee,

Ricarda Riina,

Paul E. Berry,

Alex C. Wiedenhoeft

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw243

Subject(s) - biology , euphorbiaceae , habit , context (archaeology) , botany , shrub , diversity (politics) , woody plant , agroforestry , ecology , psychology , sociology , anthropology , psychotherapist , paleontology

Wood is a major innovation of land plants, and is usually a central component of the body plan for two major plant habits: shrubs and trees. Wood anatomical syndromes vary between shrubs and trees, but no prior work has explicitly evaluated the contingent evolution of wood anatomical diversity in the context of these plant habits.

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