Island radiations represent ideal case studies for the investigation of diversification of
lineages through time, yet many inferences suffer from poorly resolved species …

Hawaiian Melicope are one of the major adaptive radiations of the Hawaiian Islands
comprising 54 endemic species. The lineage is monophyletic with an estimated crown age …

Oceanic islands are unique in their species composition, which is defined by arrival of
colonizers via long distance dispersal followed by establishment of species followed in …

Woody perennial plants on islands have repeatedly evolved from herbaceous mainland
ancestors. Although the majority of species in Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce section …

Hawaiian plant radiations often result in lineages with exceptionally high species richness
and extreme morphological and ecological differentiation. However, they typically display …

Abstract The genus Melicope (Rutaceae) occurs on most Pacific archipelagos and is
perfectly suited to study Pacific biogeography. The main goal was to infer the age …

Abstract The Hawaiian mints (Lamiaceae), one of the largest endemic plant lineages in the
archipelago, provide an excellent system to study rapid diversification of a lineage with a …

Molecular phylogenies have been constructed and calibrated against time for several plant
lineages in the Hawaiian Islands, and had an enormous impact on our understanding of …

Island systems provide important contexts for studying processes underlying lineage
migration, species diversification, and organismal extinction. The Hawaiian endemic mints …

Melicope (Rutaceae) is one of the largest plant genera on the Hawaiian Islands. We present
here a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Hawaiian species of this genus and …