Adansonia digitata and Adansonia gregorii fruit shells serve as a protection against high temperatures experienced during wildfires

Adansonia digitata and Adansonia gregorii fruit shells serve as a protection against high temperatures experienced during wildfires

Abstract The thick and woody shell of the fruit of Adansonia species cannot be explained solely by adaptation to zoochory or hydrochory. Since the trunks of Adansonia possess a thick and fire-resistant bark and wildfires occur regularly in its habitat (savannah), we examined with the African Adanoni...

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Main Authors: Andreas Kempe, Christoph Neinhuis, Thea Lautenschläger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-02-01
Series:Botanical Studies
Subjects:
Angola
Australia
Heat-resistance
Fruit shell
Functional morphology
Germination capacity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40529-018-0223-0

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