Developing a detailed estimate of plant phylogeny is the key first step toward a more
sophisticated and particularized understanding of plant evolution. At many levels in the …

Aim Recent studies suggest that if constrained by prevailing wind or ocean currents
dispersal may produce predictable, repeated distribution patterns. Dispersal mediated by …

Our recently acquired understanding of the ABC program, which controls floral organ identity
in model plant species such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Antirrhinum majus, has provided a …

Over the past 25 years, discoveries of Early Cretaceous fossil flowers, often associated with
pollen and sometimes with vegetative parts, have revolutionized our understanding of the …

Many major branches in the Tree of Life are marked by stereotyped body plans that have
been maintained over long periods of time. One possible explanation for this stasis is that …

Rosidae, a clade of approximately 90 000 species of angiosperms, exhibits remarkable
morphological diversity and extraordinary heterogeneity in habitats and life forms. Resolving …

Background Some of the evolutionary history of land plants has been documented based on
the fossil record and a few broad-scale phylogenetic analyses, especially focusing on …

Premise of the Study We provide the largest phylogenetic analyses to date of Apocynaceae
in terms of taxa and molecular data as a framework for analyzing the evolution of vegetative …

The flora of Macaronesia, which encompasses five Atlantic archipelagos (Azores, Canaries,
Madeira, Cape Verde, and Salvage), is exceptionally rich and diverse. Spectacular radiation …

There is evidence from the fossil record to suggest that latitudinal gradients in taxonomic
diversity may be time‐invariant features, although almost certainly not on the same scale as …