Plant Evo-Devo of the Gynoecium: Heterotopy, redefinition of the carpel, and a topographic approach
Rolf Sattler
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Sattler, R. Morpho Evo-Devo of the Gynoecium: Heterotopy, Redefinition of the Carpel, and a Topographic Approach. Plants 2024, 13(5), 599;
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Articulation Morphology of Plants and Plant EvoDevo: A process-oriented, unified approach inspired by the theory of anaphytes (anaphytosis).
Qiang Fu and Xin Wang submitted a paper on "Vascular bundles in fruits of Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. and their botanical implications," in which they demonstrated that in Sapium sebiferum (Euphorbiaceae) "the vascular bundles leading to the ovules are completely separate from those leading to the ovary wall, suggesting that they are of different origin. Such results contradict the Macrosporophyll Theory and are consistent with the predictions of the Unifying Theory," which "suggest that the carpel is a composite organ consisting of a leaf and an ovule-bearing branch."
