Rapid Burst Of Flowering Plants Set Stage For Other Species Feb 20, 2009
Rosid fossils selected by co-author Steven Manchester, the museum's curator of paleobotany, were used to help calibrate that clock by setting minimum ages for member species. The study's first author is Hengchang Wang, who worked at the Florida Museum as a post-doctoral fellow but is now with The Chinese Academy of Science. (Science Daily)
Blogger levels heated threat against Sierra Club Feb 27, 2008
Eight are what he calls educational colloquia, all about forests and fires and wildlife and paleobotany and rural culture. The others are a mix of news and commentary, clippings and first-person opinion pieces. (Missoulian, MT)
Fossil Pollen Sheds Light On Ancient Pollinators Jan 22, 2008
Our study of clumping pollen shows that insect pollinators most likely have always played a large role in the evolution of flowering plants, said David Dilcher, a graduate research professor of paleobotany at the Florida Museum of Natural History. It was true 96 million years ago and we are seeing it today with the potential threat to our agricultural crops because of the collapse of the honeybee colonies. (Science Daily)
A special issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences Jan 7, 2008
Topics covered include genetics and genomics, developmental and cell biology, biochemistry and physiology, morphology and structure, systematics, plant-microbe interactions, paleobotany, evolution, and ecology. IJPS emphasizes dynamic rather than purely descriptive work and welcomes contributions that present evaluations and new perspectives on areas of current interest in plant biology. (EurekAlert!)
Fossilized cashew nuts reveal Europe was important route between Africa and South America Oct 18, 2007
Topics covered include genetics and genomics, developmental and cell biology, biochemistry and physiology, morphology and structure, systematics, plant-microbe interactions, paleobotany, evolution, and ecology. Steven R. Manchester, Volker Wilde, and Margaret E. Collinson, Fossil Cashew Nuts from the Eocene of Europe: Biogeographic Links Between Africa and South America. (EurekAlert!)
Boyce collaborates with other geologists to solve mystery of prehistoric organism May 11, 2007
(Reprinted from Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, Vo. 116, "Rotted wood-algae-fungus: the history and life of Prototaxites Dawson 1959, by Francis Hueber, p. 146, Smithsonian Institution, Copyright 2001, with permission from Elsevier.) Simple vascular plants, the ancestors of the familiar conifers, ferns and flowering plants of today, began to diversify on land during the Devonian Period. Initially, they re just stems. They don t have roots. They don t have leaves. They don t have anything... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Humongous fungus was among us Apr 24, 2007
Reprinted from Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, Vol. 116, "Rotted Wood-Alga-Fungus: The History and Life of Prototaxites Dawson 1959," by Francis Hueber, p. 146, Smithsonian Institution, Copyright 2001, with permission from Elsevier. . (MSNBC -- Technology)
