Wood and Leaf Anatomy of Keckiella (Scrophulariaceae): Ecological Considerations

Wood Anatomy of Myoporaceae: Ecological and Systematic Considerations

Wood Anatomy of Berberidaceae: Ecological and Phylogenetic Considerations

Qualitative and quantitative data are presented for 21 collections of Berberis and one each of Epimedium, Jeffersonia, and Nandina. Most species of Berberis have large numbers of narrow vessels ~ixed with vasicentric tracheids. Scalariform perforation plates are reported here only for Epimedium, m wh1ch they are occasional. Berberidaceae have living fibers (Berberis), fiber-tracheids plus livin...

Systematic and Ecological Wood Anatomy of Californian Scrophulariaceae. II. Penstemon Subgenus Saccanthera

Wood anatomy of non arboreal Scrophulariaceae is little studied, yet such information is needed to understand the evolution of woodiness in the family and order. Description and quantification of wood characters of six species (nine taxa) of Penstemon subgenus Saccanthera show that these woods are specialized. Paedomorphic features include the standard declining-to-Ievel curve of vessel element...

Further Concepts in Ecological Wood Anatomy, with Comments on Recent Work in Wood Anatomy and Evolution

Wood Anatomy of Stilbaceae and Retziaceae: Ecological and Systematic Implications

Wood anatomy of ten species in five genera of the Cape Province (South Africa) family Stilbaceae is reported in quantitative and qualitative terms. Wood anatomy for stem, root, and lignotuber is reported for the monotypic Cape genus Retzia. Stilbaceae and Retziaceae are alike in wood anatomy but differ from Verbenaceae by having scalariform perforation plates with few and wide-bordered bars (si...