1. Understanding the general principles governing the impressive diversity of plant morphology has long been a goal of botanists. However, the broad variability of plant growth forms has challenged ...

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Foreword -- Introduction -- Background. Basics of plant morphology ; Practical plant identification ; Botanical nomenclature ; Description of botanical entries -- Botanical entries -- Appendix.

The genus Diospyros includes over 500 species, among which cultivated persimmon (D. kaki) holds great nutritional and ...

The shape and regularity of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) fruit are known to be determined at a very early stage of flower development. Small, flattened fruit which are commonly parthenocarpic ...

Newly discovered plant fossils from China, dating back more than 125 million years, may help to establish which seed plants evolved into modern flowering plants. Flowering plants, known as angiosperms ...

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study involving a "living fossil plant" that has survived on Earth for 130 million years suggests its novel reproductive structure may be a "missing link" ...

Do you know your plants? Can you name all the flowers and trees in your landscape, or all the vegetables growing in a diverse garden? Can you identify all the ...