AUTHOR=dos Santos Patrícia , Brilhante Miguel Ângelo , Messerschmid Thibaud F. E. , Serrano Helena Cristina , Kadereit Gudrun , Branquinho Cristina , de Vos Jurriaan M. TITLE=Plant growth forms dictate adaptations to the local climate JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1023595 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2022.1023595 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Adaptive radiation is a significant driver of biodiversity. Primarily studied in animal systems, mechanisms that trigger adaptive radiations remain poorly understood in plants. A frequently claimed indicator of adaptive radiation in plants is growth form diversity when tied to the occupation of different habitats. However, it remains obscure whether morphological adaptations manifest as growth form diversity per se or as its constituent traits. We use the classic