Evolutionary diversification of the African achyranthoid clade (Amaranthaceae) in the context of sterile flower evolution and epizoochory

Di Vincenzo, Vanessa; Gruenstaeudl, Michael; Nauheimer, Lars; Wondafrash, Melaku; Kamau, Peris; Demissew, Sebsebe; Borsch, Thomas

doi:10.1093/aob/mcy055

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Evolutionary diversification of the African achyranthoid clade (Amaranthaceae) in the context of sterile flower evolution and epizoochory

Published in Annals of Botany • Mar 28, 2018

Authors:

Vanessa Di Vincenzo

Michael Gruenstaeudl

Lars Nauheimer

Abstract

Background and Aims: Many African genera of the Amaranthaceae exhibit unique inflorescences that include sterile flowers modified to hooks or spines. Considering that the abundance of large terrestrial herbivores increased on the African continent with the expansion of grassland and savannah ecosyst...

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Biology

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Botany

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