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“Phoenix in Flight”: an unique fruit morphology ensures wind dispersal of seeds of the phoenix tree (Firmiana simplex (L.) W. Wight)

BACKGROUND: Many seed plants produce winged diaspores that use wind to disperse their seeds. The morphology of these diaspores is directly related to the seed dispersal potential. The majority of winged diaspores have flat wings and only seeds; however, some angiosperms, such as Firmiana produce win...

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Autores principales: Gan, Shi-Rui, Guo, Jun-Cheng, Zhang, Yun-Xiao, Wang, Xiao-Fan, Huang, Lan-Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8917737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35279080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03494-z