Root suckering in a Triassic conifer from Antarctica: Paleoecological and evolutionary implications

• Published in: American Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Decombeix, Anne-Laure, Taylor, Edith L., Taylor, Thomas N.
• Other Authors: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas Lawrence (KU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: conifer; Middle Triassic; sprouting; polar forest; root anatomy; vegetative reproduction; [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Fremouw Peak; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03037329; https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03037329/document; https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03037329/file/Decombeix%20et%20al%202011%20AJB%20postprint%20for%20HAL.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1100028

International audience Premise of the study: Although root suckering and other types of sprouting are well studied in extant woody plants, little is known about the distribution of these traits at a macroevolutionary scale. Anatomically preserved fossil plants represent an excellent but understudied...