The interplay between inflorescence development and function as the crucible of architectural diversity

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1477-1493

  Harder, Lawrence D ^a   Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Architecture; Development; Evolution; Floral display; Form and function; Geitonogamy; Heterochrony; Inflorescence; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; AUTOGAMY; CANOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GEOMETRY; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARCHITECTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FLORAL DISPLAY; FORM AND FUNCTION; GEITONOGAMY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROCHRONY; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERM; ARCHITECTURE; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FLORAL DISPLAY; FORM AND FUNCTION; GEITONOGAMY; HETEROCHRONY; INFLORESCENCE; POLLINATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INFLORESCENCE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84890012999     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs252     Document Type: Review

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