UV‐B radiation damage in leaves is prevented by epidermal UV‐screening compounds that
can be modulated throughout ontogeny. In epiphytic orchids, roots need to be protected …

Recent developments in phylogenetic methods have made it possible to reconstruct
evolutionary radiations from extant taxa, but identifying the triggers of radiations is still …

Background Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis is a successful
adaptation that has evolved often in angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns and lycophytes …

Tissue succulence in plants involves the storage of water in one or more organs or tissues to
assist in maintaining water potentials on daily or seasonal time scales. This drought …

Antecedentes: Las Bromeliaceae mexicanas han despertado el interés de los botánicos
desde 1789; su estudio sistemático inició a partir de la década de los setenta del siglo …

Abstract Knowledge of the geographic distribution of plants is essential to underpin the
understanding of global biodiversity patterns. Vascular epiphytes are important components …

Abstract Background and Scope The epiphytic life form characterizes almost 10% of all
vascular plants. Defined by structural dependence throughout their life and their non …

Species diversity is remarkably unevenly distributed among flowering plant lineages.
Despite a growing toolbox of research methods, the reasons underlying this patchy pattern …

Targeted sequence capture is a promising approach for large-scale phylogenomics.
However, rapid evolutionary radiations pose significant challenges for phylogenetic …

Using a time-calibrated phylogenetic hypothesis including 768 Gesneriaceae species (out
of~ 3300 species) and more than 29,000 aligned bases from 26 gene regions, we test …