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ArticleThe New phytologist2026

Was the evolution of faster stomata driven by increased gas exchange rates rather than increasing water use efficiency?

Robert A Brench, Matthew J Wilson, Sarah J Thorne, Andrew J Fleming, Julie E Gray

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Article in The New phytologist, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Origins of stomatal mechanics in grasses.Nature communications · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Robert A BrenchPlants, Photosynthesis and Soils, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-4012
Matthew J WilsonPlants, Photosynthesis and Soils, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-7849
Sarah J ThornePlants, Photosynthesis and Soils, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0476-8466
Andrew J FlemingPlants, Photosynthesis and Soils, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-0745
Julie E GrayPlants, Photosynthesis and Soils, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-5156

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/T005041/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/T007222/1University of Sheffield
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following changes in light flux, photosynthesis (A) typically adjusts more quickly than stomatal conductance (g

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionGasesPlant StomataWaterLightPhotosynthesisPhylogenyGasesWaterevolutionlightphotosynthesisstomatawater

Identifiers

PMID41437926
PMCPMC12873517

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