Multiple resprouting from diaspores and single cotyledons in the Australian tropical tree species Idiospermum australiense
Edwards, Will, and Gadek, Paul (2002) Multiple resprouting from diaspores and single cotyledons in the Australian tropical tree species Idiospermum australiense. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 18 (6). pp. 943-948.
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[Extract] In 1999, Dalling & Harms simulated 100% above-ground herbivory on seedlings of Gustavia superba, a large-seeded species from Barro Colorado Island, Panama, and showed the remarkable ability for cotyledons to regenerate up to eight new shoots. They used this evidence to propose that cotyledon size (at least in this species)was adaptive in surviving pre- and early post-germination hazards (Dalling & Harms 1999). In this note we describe the first record of multiple resprouting in an Australian tropical plant species. Idiospermum australiense (Diels) S. T. Blake (Calycanthaceae) exhibits characteristics similar (but not identical) to G. superba that support the contention of Dalling & Harms (1999).
| Item ID: | 13609 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1469-7831 |
| Keywords: | Idiospermum; large seeds; multiple resprouting |
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| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2010 06:35 |
| FoR Codes: | 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0699 Other Biological Sciences > 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100% |
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