Introducing the Succulent Flora of Mexico:Beschorneria yuccoides(Agavaceae)

Phylogeny, Diversification Rate, and Divergence Time of Agave sensu lato (Asparagaceae), a Group of Recent Origin in the Process of Diversification

“…Complex, simple, or small architectures solve the problem of attracting specific kinds of pollinators or promote self-pollination ( Harder and Prusinkiewicz, 2013 ). Agavoideae displays varying inflorescence architectures, panicles being more common in Agave , Manfreda , Beschorneria , Furcraea , Hesperaloe , and Yucca , whereas spike or raceme inflorescences are found in Hesperaloe , Polianthes , Prochnyanthes , and also in Agave ( Aker, 1982 ; Gentry, 1982 ; Starr, 1997 ; García-Mendoza, 2000 ; Castro-Castro et al, 2010 , 2018 ; Solano et al, 2013 ; Cházaro-Basáñez and Vázquez-Ramírez, 2015 ). High plasticity of inflorescence architecture has been more clearly demonstrated in grasses, where molecular switches can significantly increase secondary and tertiary branching, thus changing inflorescence morphology ( Zhang and Zheng, 2014 ).…”