Palms are unique: clade-level pattern of the leaf-height-seed strategy scheme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme posits that functional traits such as leaf size, stem height and seed mass play a key role in life history of plants. Although many studies have explored the LHS scheme across plant species, to our knowledge, no study has so far linked functional trait patterns across different plant clades.

Methods

Here, we first explored the LHS scheme of several plant clades, i.e., palms, other monocots, dicots and gymnosperms, to understand how potential forces drive variation of plant functional traits.

Results

We showed that phylogeny constrains plant functional traits and appears to be the most decisive factor that controls variation in seed mass irrespective of plant clades. Apart from phylogeny, a majority

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563973 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature