Anisophylly Is Associated With Climate in the Neotropical Genus Triolena (Melastomataceae).
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Biotropica_-_2025_-_Samra_-_Anisophylly_Is_Associated_With_Climate_in_the_Neotropical_Genus_Triolena__Melastomataceae.pdf
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Resource type
Journal article
Date published
May 2, 2025
Abstract
Anisophylly is a peculiar leaf trait in some opposite‐leaved taxa where opposing leaves are distinctly unequal. This study uses an expert‐curated specimen dataset to explore relationships of canopy cover and climate with the presence and intraspecific variation of anisophylly in the genus Canopy and climate conditions are investigated between species and within a single species through beta regression models. No relationship was found between canopy cover and anisophylly. However, anisophylly is associated with conditions of high precipitation and high isothermality, which is evident across and within a single species. In addition, partitioned ecoregion analyses illustrate that different types of anisophyllous leaf states occur in distinct ranges of precipitation and isothermality. Results suggest that anisophylly is associated with climate in .
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Priority 4: Accelerated Taxonomy
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
National Science Foundation, United States | DEB‐2002270 - DEB-2001357 |
Journal title
Biotropica
Volume
57
Issue
3
Article number
e70041
Publisher
Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
Place of publication
US
ISSN
0006-3606
eISSN
1744-7429
Date accepted
April 19, 2025
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IF = 1.8 (2023)