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| Steven JansenSummaryAffiliation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Country: Belgium Publications
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Aluminium accumulation in leaves of 127 species in Melastomataceae, with comments on the order MyrtalesSteven Jansen
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, K U Leuven, Belgium
Ann Bot 90:53-64. 2002..Crypteroniaceae and Rhynchocalycaceae probably take a basal position in a sister clade of the Memecylaceae and Melastomataceae, while Al accumulation suggests a basal position for Vochysiaceae in the Myrtaceae clade...
Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: evidence from vestured pitsSteven Jansen
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:8833-7. 2004....- The distribution and phylogeny of aluminium accumulating plants in the EricalesS Jansen
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, K U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Plant Biol (Stuttg) 6:498-505. 2004..The association of different mycorrhizae types with plant roots is suggested to play a role in the exclusion of high Al levels from the shoot... - A comparative study of metal levels in leaves of some Al-accumulating RubiaceaeSteven Jansen
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, K U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Ann Bot 91:657-63. 2003..However, the Si : Al mole ratio tended to differ widely among species. There was no significant correlation between Al and the other metals analysed. A remarkably high Mn concentration was found in Coptosapelta olaciformis Elm... 
A comparative ultrastructural study of pit membranes with plasmodesmata associated thickenings in four angiosperm speciesDavid Rabaey
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium
Protoplasma 233:255-62. 2008..The developmental patterns observed in the species studied are similar and agree with former ontogenetic studies in Rosaceae, suggesting that pseudo-tori might be homologous features across angiosperms...- Comparative wood anatomy of epacrids (Styphelioideae, Ericaceae s.L.)Frederic Lens
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, K U Leuven, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Ann Bot 91:835-56. 2003.... - Wood anatomy of Rauvolfioideae (Apocynaceae): a search for meaningful non-DNA characters at the tribal levelFrederic Lens
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31 Box 2437, K U Leuven, BE 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Am J Bot 95:1199-215. 2008..Most of these evolutionary trends are likely to be triggered by drier environmental conditions and/or shifts from an erect to a climbing habit... - Vessel grouping patterns in subfamilies Apocynoideae and Periplocoideae confirm phylogenetic value of wood structure within ApocynaceaeFrederic Lens
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31 Box 2437, K U Leuven, BE 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Am J Bot 96:2168-83. 2009..g. presence of septate fibers, axial parenchyma distribution, abundance of uniseriate compared to multiseriate rays, and presence and location of prismatic crystals) may be used to identify several tribes... - A search for phylogenetically informative wood characters within Lecythidaceae s.lFrederic Lens
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, K U Leuven, BE 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Am J Bot 94:483-502. 2007.... - The micromorphology of pit membranes in tracheary elements of ericales: new records of tori or pseudo-tori?David Rabaey
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, KU Leuven, Institute of Botany and Microbiology Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
Ann Bot 98:943-51. 2006..Intervascular pit membranes were examined within Ericales to determine the distribution and structure of torus-like thickenings... - Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus AcerFrederic Lens
Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
New Phytol 190:709-23. 2011..Cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in Acer appear to be controlled by a very complex interaction between tissue, vessel network and pit characteristics... - Evolutionary control of leaf element composition in plantsToshihiro Watanabe
Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9W9, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8589, Japan
New Phytol 174:516-23. 2007..Identifying mechanisms by which different plant families control their leaf elemental concentration remains a challenge... - Al-Fe interactions and growth enhancement in Melastoma malabathricum and Miscanthus sinensis dominating acid sulphate soilsToshihiro Watanabe
Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita ku, Sapporo, 0608589 Japan
Plant Cell Environ 29:2124-32. 2006..sinensis, and Al application does not result in lower shoot concentrations of Fe, suggesting that this grass species has developed different mechanisms for adaptation to acid sulphate soils... - Comparative anatomy of intervessel pits in two mangrove species growing along a natural salinity gradient in Gazi bay, KenyaNele Schmitz
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laboratory for General Botany and Nature Management APNA, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ann Bot 100:271-81. 2007..To elucidate the adaptive potential of intervessel pits towards fluctuating environmental conditions, two mangrove species with a distinct ecological distribution growing along a natural salinity gradient were investigated... - Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic functionBrendan Choat
University of California, Department of Viticulture and Enology, Davis, CA 95616, USA
New Phytol 177:608-25. 2008..In this review we address the impact of variation in pit structure on water transport in plants from the level of individual pits to the whole plant... - Perforated pit membranes in imperforate tracheary elements of some angiospermsYuzou Sano
Laboratory of Wood Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 8589, Japan
Ann Bot 97:1045-53. 2006..Therefore, this study aims to illustrate the micromorphology of pit membranes in fibres and tracheids of woody species from various families... - The beneficial effect of aluminium and the role of citrate in Al accumulation in Melastoma malabathricumToshihiro Watanabe
Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 8589, Japan
New Phytol 165:773-80. 2005..High Al levels in the plant tissues and/or an interaction of Al with particular nutrient elements in the apoplast of root cells appear to be essential to exert the beneficial effect of Al... - Changes in pit membrane porosity due to deflection and stretching: the role of vestured pitsBrendan Choat
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA 02138, USA
J Exp Bot 55:1569-75. 2004..This provides the first experimental evidence that vestures reduce the probability of air seeding through pit membranes...