Orchids

Charles Darwin, in a letter to Joseph Hooker, wrote "I never was more interested in any subject in my life, than in this of Orchids". The Orchidaceae comprise over 850 genera and 25,000 species, representing about 10% of the world's flowering plants and the largest family in species n...

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Published inCurrent biology Vol. 18; no. 8; pp. R325 - R329
Main Authors Roberts, David L., Dixon, Kingsley W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 22.04.2008
Subjects
Animals
Ecosystem
Flowers - anatomy & histology
Flowers - physiology
Mycorrhizae - physiology
Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae - anatomy & histology
Orchidaceae - microbiology
Orchidaceae - physiology
Pollination - physiology
Seeds - anatomy & histology
Seeds - physiology
Symbiosis - physiology
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Summary:Charles Darwin, in a letter to Joseph Hooker, wrote "I never was more interested in any subject in my life, than in this of Orchids". The Orchidaceae comprise over 850 genera and 25,000 species, representing about 10% of the world's flowering plants and the largest family in species number. The ease of hybridisation means more than 100,000 hybrids have been created, more than any other floricultural crop.
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.026