Diverse mangroves deviate from other angiosperms in their genome size, leaf cell size, and cell packing density relationships.
Guo-Feng JiangSu-Yuan LiRussell DinnageKun-Fang CaoKevin A SimoninAdam B RoddyPublished in: Annals of botany (2022)
While mangroves exhibited coordination between veins and stomata and attained a maximum theoretical stomatal conductance similar to other angiosperms, the tissue-level tradeoffs underlying these similar relationships across species and environments was markedly different, perhaps indicative of the unique structural and physiological adaptations of mangroves to their stressful environments.