Earliest evolution of stipules among vascular plants documented in the late Paleozoic stem group of Marattiales
Our discovery provides unprecedented view of stipules in psaroniaceous tree ferns. The discovery of psaroniaceous stipules is significant, as it represents the earliest known stipule in the plant kingdom and underscores their multifunctional roles in plant development.
Authors
- C. Kevin Boyce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4952-2400)
- Josef Pšenička (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-9206)
- Jun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4383-3956)
- Christopher R. Hill
- Ting Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-4584)
- Weiming Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6190-6234)
- Dandan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5162-6877)
- Wenjun Sun
Institutions
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- North Bohemian Museum in Liberec (CZ)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- South China Botanical Garden (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02462-x
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Universidade de Coimbra
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association