Global variation in seed covering structure hardness of woody species with orthodox seeds
Our results suggest roles for morphology, dormancy, dispersal and precipitation in explaining part of the global variation in seed covering structure hardness of woody species with orthodox seeds. However, we showed that the presence of physical dormancy does not always imply having a harder covering structure than non-dormant seeds and therefore terms such as 'hardseeded' or 'hard coat' should no longer be used as synonyms for this trait.
Authors
- Pablo Gómez Barreiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-3326)
- Hugh W. Pritchard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2487-6475)
- Angelino Carta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8437-818X)
- D.L. Muthuthanthirige (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2995-8576)
- Félix Forest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2004-433X)
- Marybel Soto Gomez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1812-7416)
- Anne M. Visscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7005-9142)
- Stephen Ward McCabe
- Udayangani Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6192-1319)
- Yu Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-5778)
Institutions
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Kunming Institute of Botany (CN)
- Nanjing Forestry University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GB)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2025-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf027
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Aerospace, Electronics, Mathematical Modeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.94