The eFLOWER initiative: A framework for understanding the evolution and diversification of flowers
is coordinated by
- Dr. Hervé Sauquet (Botanic Gardens of Sydney)
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürg Schönenberger
- Susana Magallón (UNAM, Mexico)
- Dr. Maria von Balthazar (University of Vienna)
eFLOWER is a collaborative, international research project aimed at answering key questions on the evolution of flowers.
- What were flowers like in deep nodes of the angiosperm tree?
- Which floral innovations are linked with major increases in diversification rates?
- How are floral characters correlated with one another?
- To what extent has floral diversification been driven by pollination?
- Where do fossil flowers fit on the phylogeny of extant angiosperms?