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From systematic to ecological wood anatomy and finally plant hydraulics: are we making progress in understanding xylem evolution?
Author(s) -
Jansen Steven,
Nardini Andrea
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/nph.12839
Subject(s) - xylem , simple (philosophy) , perforation , hydraulics , process (computing) , ecology , biology , evolutionary biology , paleontology , epistemology , geology , computer science , philosophy , physics , botany , materials science , metallurgy , punching , operating system , thermodynamics
Olson (2014; in this issue of New Phytologist, pp. 7–11) provides a valid criticism of our recent commentary (Nardini & Jansen, 2013).Although we see no controversy surrounding Bailey’s functional and evolutionary ideas, we would like to pay attention in this Letter to two related concerns: (1) the integration of experimental data from the field of plant hydraulics into traditional, comparative wood anatomy; and (2) the reversibility of evolutionary transitions between perforation plate types that form a continuum