Derived woodiness and annual habit evolved in African umbellifers as alternative solutions for coping with drought
Abstract Background One of the major trends in angiosperm evolution was the shift from woody to herbaceous habit. However, reversals known as derived woodiness have also been reported in numerous, distantly related clades. Among theories evoked to explain the factors promoting the evolution of deriv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Plant Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03151-x |