Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 306, No. 2 (April 2020), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) Hybridization is a ubiquitous force in plant evolution. In ferns, hybrids are often easily recognized by their ...

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady march toward increasingly better beings, but this common narrative overlooks the litany of evolutionary quirks throughout the plant and animal kingdoms. A new ...

This colorscape of tubes and grooves is a cross section through the reproductive region of a fern. Ferns use spores to reproduce and spread, and here we can see these spores (blue/purple) encased in ...

I remember one day, while working the Master Gardener hotline, I got a call from a woman who was very upset. The beautiful floral bouquet she received from a loved one was covered in “bugs.” She was ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jacob S. Suissa, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine a photograph of ...