Madagascar is renowned for its unparalleled species richness and levels of endemism,
which have led, in combination with species extinction caused by an unprecedented rate of …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

This article addresses the challenges involved in estimating the ages of clades using fossils
and DNA sequences. We review the principles and problems of placing fossils in trees of …

Aim Rain forest‐restricted plant families show disjunct distributions between the three major
tropical regions: South America, Africa and Asia. Explaining these disjunctions has become …

Tropical rainforest hyperdiversity is often suggested to have evolved over a long time‐span
(the 'museum'model), but there is also evidence for recent rainforest radiations. The …

The Annonaceae, the largest family in the early-divergent order Magnoliales, comprises 107
genera and c. 2,400 species. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies targeting different …

Targeted enrichment and sequencing of hundreds of nuclear loci for phylogenetic
reconstruction is becoming an important tool for plant systematics and evolution …

Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed
a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale …

A list of the Annonaceae taxa indigenous to the Asia-Pacific Region (including Australia) is
presented, including full synonymy and typification with an outline of the geographic …

Abstract Background and Aims Throughout the Cenozoic, Africa underwent several climatic
and geological changes impacting the evolution of tropical rain forests (TRFs). African TRFs …