Journal of Plant EcologyFeb 17, 2025
Joseph Charles Francis Rock, the ‘#PlantHunters’ in the early 20th century. Despite the contributions of ‘plant hunters’ in #Botany and #BotanicalDiversity, comprehensive assessments of their explorations are lacking. Thus, in order to strengthen the protection of plant diversity, Jifan Luo et al. studied the Joseph Rock’s #PlantCollectionActivities in China.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae057
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🌱🧪The article enriches our understanding of plants with structurally colored leaves. It highlights the iterative evolution of photonic helicoidal walls across diverse plant lineages, particularly centered on ferns and monocots. 7/7

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Living jewels: iterative evolution of iridescent blue leaves from helicoidal cell walls

AbstractBackground and Aims. Structural colour is responsible for the remarkable metallic blue colour seen in the leaves of several plants. Species belongi

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