About 3 million years ago (Ma), the I sthmus of P anama joined the A mericas, forming a land
bridge over which inhabitants of each A merica invaded the other—the G reat A merican B …

The Rubiaceae is the fourth Angiosperm family in number of species in the World and in the
Neotropics. Its overwhelming diversity and presence in most biomes, and at most vegetation …

Previous molecular phylogenetic research, based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal
DNA data, has demonstrated that the large genus Salvia (Lamiaceae) is paraphyletic as …

Recent phylogenetic studies have revealed the major role played by the uplift of the Andes
in the extraordinary diversification of the Neotropical flora. These studies, however, have …

Abstract “Big” plant genera, those of 500 or more species, have not only occasioned interest
among systematic botanists, but for geographical, ecological or horticultural reasons, have …

Salvia, with over 900 species from both the Old and New World, is the largest genus in the
Lamiaceae. Unlike most members of the subfamily Nepetoideae to which it belongs, only …

Rubiaceae are one of the largest families of plants, with∼ 13,000 species. In this study, we
have estimated the phylogeny for 534 Rubiaceae taxa from 329 genera with up to five …

Analyses of distribution, diversity, endemism, and taxonomic effort for Rubiaceae are
reported, based on queries from a World Rubiaceae Checklist database. Rubiaceae are …

Two analyses are carried out for a reconstruction of the phylogeny of the large angiosperm
family Rubiaceae. The position of Luculia and Coptosapelta, unresolved or sister to all other …

We performed phylogenetic analyses of the subfamily Rubioideae (Rubiaceae) based on
three different pieces of chloroplast DNA, the protein coding rbc L gene, the spacer …