Liam Botany
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Plant Biology student at North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The Lepidodendrales are an extinct order of lycophytes that grew upwards of 40 meters tall. Scale trees were so abundant 300 Mya, they may account for 70% of coal in Euramerica.
Taylor EL, Taylor TN, Krings M. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press; 2009. p 279-309.
Taylor EL, Taylor TN, Krings M. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press; 2009. p 279-309.
November 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM
The Lepidodendrales are an extinct order of lycophytes that grew upwards of 40 meters tall. Scale trees were so abundant 300 Mya, they may account for 70% of coal in Euramerica.
Taylor EL, Taylor TN, Krings M. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press; 2009. p 279-309.
Taylor EL, Taylor TN, Krings M. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press; 2009. p 279-309.
Fig wasps in the family Agaonidae toil, breed, and die to accomplish pollination in the synconia, or inverted flowers, of Ficus sp. that we harvest as figs.
Shanahan M. Gods, wasps and stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing; 2016.
Shanahan M. Gods, wasps and stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing; 2016.
October 19, 2023 at 12:28 AM
Fig wasps in the family Agaonidae toil, breed, and die to accomplish pollination in the synconia, or inverted flowers, of Ficus sp. that we harvest as figs.
Shanahan M. Gods, wasps and stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing; 2016.
Shanahan M. Gods, wasps and stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees. Chelsea Green Publishing; 2016.
The life cycle of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) is dominated by their gametophyte phase. Imagine if we spent most of our lives as giant sperm or egg cells that occasionally sprouted tiny people.
Evert RF, Eichhorn SE. Raven Biology of Plants. W. H. Freeman; 2012. p 366-390.
Evert RF, Eichhorn SE. Raven Biology of Plants. W. H. Freeman; 2012. p 366-390.
October 7, 2023 at 1:59 PM
The life cycle of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) is dominated by their gametophyte phase. Imagine if we spent most of our lives as giant sperm or egg cells that occasionally sprouted tiny people.
Evert RF, Eichhorn SE. Raven Biology of Plants. W. H. Freeman; 2012. p 366-390.
Evert RF, Eichhorn SE. Raven Biology of Plants. W. H. Freeman; 2012. p 366-390.
Fungi are more closely related to animals than they are to plants. Golding estimates that plants diverged from animals and fungi a billion years ago, which is 35 Myr before animals and fungi diverged.
Golding B. Evolution: When was life’s first branch point? Current Biology. 1996;6(6):679–682.
Golding B. Evolution: When was life’s first branch point? Current Biology. 1996;6(6):679–682.
September 6, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Fungi are more closely related to animals than they are to plants. Golding estimates that plants diverged from animals and fungi a billion years ago, which is 35 Myr before animals and fungi diverged.
Golding B. Evolution: When was life’s first branch point? Current Biology. 1996;6(6):679–682.
Golding B. Evolution: When was life’s first branch point? Current Biology. 1996;6(6):679–682.
The scientific name of the corpse flower Amorphophallus titanum means 'gigantic misshapen penis' in Latin.
August 30, 2023 at 3:01 PM
The scientific name of the corpse flower Amorphophallus titanum means 'gigantic misshapen penis' in Latin.