Plants are reservoirs of extreme chemical diversity, yet biosynthetic pathways remain
underexplored in the majority of taxa. Access to improved, inexpensive genomic and …

To cope with relentless environmental pressures, plants produce an arsenal of structurally
diverse chemicals, often called specialized metabolites. These lineage-specific compounds …

Plants produce a huge array of metabolites, far more than those produced by most other
organisms. Unraveling this diversity and its underlying genetic variation has attracted …

Plants have adapted to their environments by diversifying in various ways. This
diversification is reflected at the phytochemical level in their production of numerous …

Plants produce a remarkable diversity of structurally and functionally diverse natural
chemicals that serve as adaptive compounds throughout their life cycles. However …

The evolution of several hallmark traits of land plants is underpinned by phytochemical
innovations. The specialized metabolism of plants can appear like a teeming chaos that has …

Highlights•Driven by gene duplications, specialized metabolism (SM) pathways have
expanded during plant evolution.•Novel bioinformatical methods are needed to elucidate of …

Plants produce a diverse array of lineage-specific specialized (secondary) metabolites,
which are synthesized from primary metabolites. Plant specialized metabolites play crucial …

For millennia, humans have used plants for food, raw materials, and medicines, but only
within the past two centuries have we begun to connect particular plant metabolites with …

Plants produce a diverse array of compounds through an extensive, evolutionarily malleable
network of metabolic pathways. These metabolites are typically classified into two types …