First report of laticifers in lianas of Malpighiaceae and their phylogenetic implications.
Marcelo R PaceIsrael L Cunha NetoLeyde N N Santos-SilvaGladys F A Melo-de-PinnaPedro Acevedo-RodríguezRafael F AlmeidaAndré M AmorimVeronica AngyalossyPublished in: American journal of botany (2019)
Laticifers seem to have evolved at least three times independently in Malpighiaceae, once in a lineage of trees and shrubs and twice in two distantly related megadiverse lianescent lineages. Laticifer evolution in Malpighiaceae is homoplastic and may be related to increases in species diversification.
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