Sadly, we don’t have time machines that would permit us to go back and see ancient evolution in action. So we have to make do with such devices and stratagems as inference, surmise, speculation, good honest-to-goodness old-fashioned guesswork, and investigating modern-day equivalents that might mimic the original phenomenon. Take for instance colonisation of the land [...]

Austrobaileya has long served as a model for ancient angiosperm pollen structure. Its pollen germination is relatively rapid and requires < 10 % of the progamic phase. Extensive evidence discussed in this paper suggests pollen germination underwent acceleration early in angiosperm history.

Ecological traits of the circumboreal plant Viburnum opulus were examined here to improve understanding of the variation of populations occurring in the same biome but on different continents.  Seedling development/emergence is shown to be highly similar but some degree of variation was present in other traits, among populations. 

Little is known about the genome of Anthurium other than chromosome observations, which frequently indicate supernumerary (“B”) chromosomes. New genome size estimates for 34 species and nine cultivars presented here  provide insights into genome organization and evolution in this very large genus.

This paper compiles and discusses all currently available nuclear genome size data for red algae in relation to their most recent taxonomic classification.