Orchidaceae (orchids) is the largest family in the monocots, including about 25,000 species
in 880 genera and five subfamilies. Many orchids are highly valued for their beautiful and …

Plastid genomes exhibit different levels of variability in their sequences, depending on the
respective kinds of genomic regions. Genes are usually more conserved while noncoding …

Although great progress has been made in clarifying deep-level angiosperm relationships,
several early nodes in the angiosperm branch of the Tree of Life have proved difficult to …

While there has been strong support for Amborella and Nymphaeales (water lilies) as
branching from basal-most nodes in the angiosperm phylogeny, this hypothesis has recently …

Most plant phylogenetic inference has used DNA sequence data from the plastid genome.
This genome represents a single genealogical sample with no recombination among genes …

Background Heterogeneous rates of molecular evolution are universal across the tree of life,
posing challenges for phylogenetic inference. The temperate woody bamboos (tribe …

Ferns and lycophytes have remarkably large genomes. However, little is known about how
their genome size evolved in fern lineages. To explore the origins and evolution of …

Phylogenetic relationships among seed plant taxa, especially within the gymnosperms,
remain contested. In contrast to angiosperms, for which several genomic, transcriptomic and …

Few incidents of ancient allopolyploidization (polyploidization by hybridization or merging
diverged genomes) were previously revealed, although there is significant evidence for the …

• Premise of the study: The Compositae (Asteraceae) are a large and diverse family of
plants, and the most comprehensive phylogeny to date is a meta‐tree based on 10 …