Interspecific anatomical differences result in similar highly flexible stems in Bignoniaceae lianas.
Caian Souza GerolamoAnselmo NogueiraMarcelo R PaceVeronica AngyalossyPublished in: American journal of botany (2020)
Similar values of stem bending stiffness were encountered in four liana species analyzed despite their variable anatomical architectures. This pattern provides new evidence of how different quantitative combinations of tissue and cell types in the basal stems of lianas can generate similarly low levels of stiffness in a group of closely related species.