The convergent evolution in plants.
Convergent evolution is a phenomenon present in many plant and animal groups unrelated from the taxonomic point of view. In some plants belonging to American cacti and African euphorbias, adapted to the same arid environments, it is particularly evident. In fact, some species of these groups have evolved the same anatomical and morphological characters except the flower. This evolutionary process is discussed on the basis of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis.
Bennici
Andrea
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Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Firenze, Italy. andrea.bennici@unifi.it
D005075:Biological Evolution; D010944:Plants