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STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY. "Floral fusion provides enormous potential for the diversification of the flower. Fusion within (connation) or between (adnation) organ whorls provides the flower with a diversity of architectures that can be explored for adaptive fit to a variety of specialized pollination associations and to structural stability under diverse environmental conditions." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

FLORAL FUSION LINKED TO INNOVATION. "The fusion (or lack of separation) of floral organs appears multiple times across the angiosperm tree of life and during different developmental phases of floral organogenesis, and is consistently linked with key innovations in floral shape, size and pollination interactions." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

OPPOSITE OF FUSION. "Fusion as a process may more accurately be defined as a lack of organ separation, and thus understanding the diversity of mechanisms that underlie boundary formation followed by primordia growth and organogenesis could be essential to investigating the mechanisms of organ fusion." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

FUSION OF PLANT ORGANS. "It is not clear if the shift in fusion among organs reflects the novel acquisition of a process (‘fusion’) in a different spatial and temporal context, or if different mechanisms altogether are involved when considering the fusion of different organs during different developmental stages." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

FUSION TAXONOMY. "Shifts in timing and position of fusion within a lineage have traditionally been used taxonomically to differentiate among genera and tribes of different plant lineages; however, the developmental mechanisms underlying such phenotypic differences have not been investigated in a systematic context." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

COMBINATION OF PARTS. "Flowers of the palms (Arecaceae) can have a fused outer perianth whorl (e.g. Pseudophoenix), a fused inner perianth whorl (e.g. Roystonea), or both whorls can be fused into a single tube (e.g. Coccothrinax)." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

DIVERSITY MOTOR. "Fusion of floral organs occurs in a myriad ways across the angiosperm bauplan. Even among closely related lineages, fusion of different organs and organ whorls can yield an astounding diversity of floral form." https://lnkd.in/dD4GcAS View in LinkedIn

ADNATION. "Fusion of unlike parts (stamens united to petals) is called adnation, and the contrasting condition is called free (stamens are free from petals). Fused structures may be united from the moment of origin on ward, or they may initially be separate and grow together as one later in development. http://lifeofplant.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/flower-types.html View in LinkedIn

CONNATION. "The parts of a flower may be free or united. Fusion of like parts (such as petals united to petals) is called connation. When like parts are not fused, they are said to be distinct (one petal is distinct from another petal). http://lifeofplant.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/flower-types.html View in LinkedIn

SIMPLE UNITS OF COMPLEX DIVERSITY. "Flowers are considered as an organ system because they are made up of two or more sets, or whorls, of leaflike structures. A typical flower is composed of four whorls, which are the sepals, petals, stamens, and a pistil with one or more carpels. Much of the variation among flowers is based on variation of these basic parts." https://lnkd.in/d2mGjwJ View in LinkedIn