ArticlePlant signaling & behavior2009
Biomechanics of climbing palms and how they climb.
Article in Plant signaling & behavior, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Interspecific Habitat Suitability of Four Southeast Asian Spiny Climbing Palms (Korthalsia) Through Species Distribution Modeling.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- How do roses build failure-resistant anchoring tools?PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- Ascent and Attachment in Pea Plants: A Matter of Iteration.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Article
- Climbing plants: attachment adaptations and bioinspired innovations.Plant cell reports · 2018Review
- Forest edge disturbance increases rattan abundance in tropical rain forest fragments.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Biomechanics and functional morphology of a climbing monocot.AoB PLANTS · 2016Article
- Rose Prickles and Asparagus Spines--Different Hook Structures as Attachment Devices in Climbing Plants.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
Climbing plants have fascinated botanists since the pioneering works of Darwin and his contemporaries in the 19(th) century. Diverse plants have evolved different ways of climbing and a wide range of attachment devices and stem biomechanics to cope with the particular physical demands of life as a climber. We investigated the biomechanics of attachment in a range of climbing palms, including true rattans from Southeast Asia and the genus Desmoncus from South America. We found that hook strength and orientation is coordinated with rachis geometry and rigidity. These findings support the notion of a ratchet-type attachment mechanism and partly explain why these spiny plants are so catchy and efficient at attaching to supports.
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