Claim · model-written summary
Andromeda glaucophylla had the most specialized leaf morphology.
- Taxon
- Andromeda glaucophylla
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Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophyllae0 - Outcome
- leaf morphologye0
- Direction
- most specializede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Andromeda glaucophylla has the most specialized, Pieris floribunda the most generalized, leaf morphology of the several species studied.”
Title
Evolutionary Studies in the Ericaceae. II. Leaf Anatomy as a Phylogenetic Index in the Andromedeae
Kornelius Lems Botanical Gazette 1964. doi:10.1086/336267
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Method / resource Each studied species could be identified from leaf anatomy despite ecological variability.
- Association Leaf similarity suggested a relationship between Epigaea and Orphanidesia.
- Association Leaf similarity suggested a relationship between Zenobia and Lyonia.
- Association Leaf similarity suggested Lyonia lucida relates to Leucothoe axillaris or Pieris.
- Association Leucothoe was heterogeneous, with leaf morphology paralleling section geography.
- Observation Pieris floribunda had the most generalized leaf morphology.
- Recommendation Leaf characteristics require caution as habitat responses because of considerable genetic fixation.
- Observation Cassandra and Andromeda had entirely different vein patterns despite both being bog plants.