Yannick M. Staedler, Peter H. Weston and Peter K. Endress Calycanthaceae, sister to all other Laurales, are the most distinct family of the order in their gynoecium structure (lateral placentation, ...

Scientists have found that the plant hormone auxin governs the change from cell division at shoot tips to the development of female parts of a flower. Auxin levels are themselves controlled by the ...

Floral development in angiosperms encompasses the transition from a vegetative shoot apical meristem to a determinate floral meristem, followed by the initiation, differentiation and spatial ...

Fruit development in angiosperms arises from the coordinated differentiation of the gynoecium, followed by cell division, tissue specification and hormone-mediated growth that culminate in seed ...