Africa is home to globally important biodiversity. Straddling the equator and extending to
temperate latitudes (at 37 N and 34 S; not including oceanic islands such as Marion and …

Madagascar is a biogeographically unique island with a remarkably high level of endemism.
However, endemic taxa in Madagascar are massively threatened due to unprecedented …

Current distribution of C 3 and C 4 grasses is often explained by contrasting environmental
conditions. Regions where C 3 and C 4 grasses coexist, as the Southeastern South America …

Nuclear genome sizes of 54 representative species from 44 genera of the monocot order
Poales were investigated by flow cytometry (FCM). Small holoploid genomes with< 2 pg/2C …

A taxonomic revision of the Pultenaea setulosa species complex (Fabaceae, tribe
Mirbelieae) is presented. Prior to this study, P. setulosa Benth. was broadly circumscribed as …

Grasses (Poaceae) comprise around 11,800 species and are central for human livelihoods
and terrestrial ecosystems. Knowing their relationships and evolutionary history is key to …

Grasses are one of the largest angiosperm families, widespread and economically
important. They have therefore been the subject of early studies of genome size as a …

Background Cyperus stoloniferus is an important species in coastal ecosystems and
possesses economic and ecological value. To elucidate the structural characteristics …

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