Mycoheterotrophy evolved from mixotrophic ancestors: Evidence in Cymbidium (Orchidaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-581

  Motomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Selosse, Marc André ^b   Martos, Florent ^b,c   Kagawa, Akira ^d   Yukawa, Tomohisa ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

15N, 13C; Cymbidium; evolution; Mycoheterotrophy; mycorrhizal fungi; nutritional mode; Orchidaceae; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; HETEROTROPHY; MIXOTROPHY; MUTUALISM; NICHE BREADTH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

JAPAN;

CYMBIDIUM; CYMBIDIUM GOERINGII; CYMBIDIUM LANCIFOLIUM; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77957595041     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq156     Document Type: Article

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