Aim To examine the historical biogeography of the Boraginales using molecular dating and
ancestral area reconstruction. Location Worldwide. Methods We constructed data sets that …

Boraginaceae tribe Trigonotideae comprises a heterogenous assemblage of taxa, many of
which have been shown to belong to widely divergent lineages in Boraginaceae in the …

Biogeographic dispersal is supported by numerous phylogenetic results. In particular,
transoceanic dispersal, rather than vicariance, is suggested for some plant lineages despite …

Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae form a monophyletic lineage that include the hemiparasitic
genera Euphrasia, Melampyrum, Tozzia, Bartsia, Nothobartsia, Odontites (sl), Rhinanthus …

Phytogeographically the restriction of Codon to the arid southwestern comer of Africa is of
special interest. Its nearest relatives appear to be those members of Boraginaceae s. I. pre …

Although the deserts of North America are of very recent origin, their characteristic arid-
adapted endemic plant lineages have been suggested to be much older. Earlier researchers …

Hypotheses on the origin of the current distribution patterns and bicontinental disjunctions of
Cordiaceae, Ehretiaceae, and Heliotropiaceae (Primarily Woody Boraginales) are tested by …

Brassicales is a diverse order perhaps most famous because it houses Brassicaceae and,
its premier member, Arabidopsis thaliana. This widely distributed and species-rich lineage …

• Premise of the study: Numerous molecular phylogenetic studies have used new
biogeographic tools to explain species distributions. However, questions remain about …

Background The tendency of animals and plants to independently develop similar features
under similar evolutionary pressures-convergence-is a widespread phenomenon in nature …