Plants
May 27, 2020 — June 2, 2022
1 Phylogeny of
Weird. Plants are loose with their genomes.
For a taster, Georgia Ray argues There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically). Or a Lime, upon closer inspection. Lemons are real though.
Now cite Lynn Margulis.
See phylogenetics.
2 Incoming
Welwitschia lives for a thousand years with 2 leaves (and is on the national coat of arms of Namibia).
Hydnora! Amorphophallus, a.k.a. corpse flower.
3 Sexual relations of
See plant sex.
4 References
George. 2017. “‘Unveiling the Mysteries of Vegetation’: Botany and the Feminine.” In Botany, Sexuality and Women’s Writing 1760–1830.
Kerner von Marilaun, Oliver, Macdonald, et al. 1902. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;
Scopece, Cozzolino, Johnson, et al. 2010. “Pollination Efficiency and the Evolution of Specialized Deceptive Pollination Systems.” The American Naturalist.
Thorogood. 2019. “Hydnora: The Strangest Plant in the World?” PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET.