Background Flowering plants (angiosperms) are dominant components of global terrestrial
ecosystems, but phylogenetic relationships at the familial level and above remain only …

Background Next-generation sequencing has provided a wealth of plastid genome
sequence data from an increasingly diverse set of green plants (Viridiplantae). Although …

From restriction site analyses to whole plastid genome sequences, our understanding of
green plant (Viridiplantae;~ 500,000 extant species) evolutionary relationships over the past …

Plastid phylogenomic analyses have shed light on many recalcitrant relationships across the
angiosperm Tree of Life and continue to play an important role in plant phylogenetics …

Premise of the Study For the past one billion years, green plants (Viridiplantae) have
dominated global ecosystems, yet many key branches in their evolutionary history remain …

The family Lauraceae is a major component of tropical and subtropical forests worldwide,
and includes some commercially important timber trees and medicinal plants. However …

Phylogenomic analyses have helped resolve many recalcitrant relationships in the
angiosperm tree of life, yet phylogenetic resolution of the backbone of the Leguminosae …

Background Plastome-scale data have been prevalent in reconstructing the plant Tree of
Life. However, phylogenomic studies currently based on plastomes rely primarily on …

Despite progress based on multilocus, phylogenetic studies of the palms (order Arecales,
family Arecaceae), uncertainty remains in resolution/support among major clades and for the …

Recent plastid phylogenomic studies have helped clarify the backbone phylogeny of
angiosperms. However, the relatively limited taxon sampling in these studies has precluded …