Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "hydraulic architecture"
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Leaf palmate venation and vascular redundancy confer tolerance of hydraulic disruption
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008)Leaf venation is a showcase of plant diversity, ranging from the grid-like network in grasses, to a wide variety of dendritic systems in other angiosperms. A principal function of the venation is to deliver water; however, ... -
The Major Veins of Mesomorphic Leaves Revisited: Tests for Conductive Overload in Acer saccharum (Aceraceae) and Quercus rubra (Fagaceae)
(Botanical Society of America, 2003)Many leaves survive the severing of their major veins in apparently excellent health. According to the classical explanation, the leaf minor veins provide "conductive overload," an excess of parallel conductive paths, ...