The demonstration of highly efficient water conduction in the moss Polytrichum, closely paralleling that in vascular plants, has major implications for the evolution of stomatal function across land plants.
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Duckett, J.G., Pressel, S. Of mosses and vascular plants. Nat. Plants 6, 184–185 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0619-1
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