Various explanations can be offered for the incongruence between phylogenetic hypotheses
resulting from morphological and molecular data sets. Of these, the possibility that …

Although plant hybrids are under-recorded by botanists, the hybrids of Britain and Ireland
are as well known as those of any comparable area. Of the 909 accepted hybrids, 301 have …

Cladistic and taxonomic treatments of the same plant group usually exhibit a mixture of
congruences and incongruences. The question arises in the case of the incongruences as to …

Hybridization plays an important role in the evolution of many taxonomic groups, but large-
scale phylogenetic patterns of hybridization are poorly known. Here, we investigate patterns …

The diversity of plant life histories provides a wealth of raw material for comparative studies
on evolution and ecology. The two fundamental questions for any comparative study are …

Little is known about the nature of species boundaries between closely related plant species
and about the extent of introgression as a consequence of hybridization upon secondary …

We present a literature survey of studies using molecular markers to investigate genet
diversity and structure in clonal plants. The data from 40 studies comprised 45 species of …

In this review we discuss the use of non-coding DNA at the intraspecific level in plants. Both
nuclear and organelle non-coding regions are widely used in interspecific phylogenetic …

Comparative genetic linkage maps provide a powerful tool for the study of karyotypic
evolution. We constructed a joint SSR/RAPD genetic linkage map of the Helianthus …

Abrupt speciation through interspecific hybridisation is an important mechanism in
angiosperm evolution. Flowering plants therefore offer excellent opportunities for studying …