title: Plant venation: from succulence to succulents.
abstract: Succulent plants dominate certain semi-arid habitats. A new study shows independent origins of 3D venation reflect hydraulic advantages for tissue succulence, and has implications for the molecular development of venation and tissue differentiation, as well as the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism.
authors: Physiological Ecology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CB2 3EA, UK. hg230@cam.ac.uk
authors: Howard
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authors: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*