Flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is a computational intelligence metaheuristic that takes its
metaphor from flowers proliferation role in plants. This paper provides a comprehensive …

The major diversification of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the Early Cretaceous, between
about 130 and 90 million years ago, initiated fundamental changes in terrestrial ecosystems …

Background A robust molecular phylogeny is fundamental for developing a stable
classification and providing a solid framework to understand patterns of diversification …

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Asterids are one of the most successful angiosperm lineages, exhibiting extensive
morphological diversity and including a number of important crops. Despite their biological …

Diagnostically illustrated with light and scanning electron micrographs, Comparative Wood
Anatomy lucidly introduces dicotyledon wood in terms of cell types and their variations …

Alien tree species are considered both a threat to nature conservation and a base for forest
management. We compiled species occurrences from biodiversity databases, forest …

Already Charles Darwin explicitly set down the basic principles of evolutionary systematics:"
I believe," says Darwin (1859: 420) in his great book on the origin of species, that the …

Phylogenetic analysis of 330 plastid matK gene sequences, representing 235 genera from
37 of 39 tribes, and four outgroup taxa from eurosids I supports many wellresolved …

A paradigm of evolutionary biology is that adaptation and reproductive isolation are caused
by a nearly infinite number of mutations of individually small effect. Here, we test this …