The extraordinary contemporary species richness and ecological predominance of flowering
plants (angiosperms) are even more remarkable when considering the relatively recent …

How will the emerging possibility of inferring ultra‐large phylogenies influence our ability to
identify shifts in diversification rate? For several large angiosperm clades (Angiospermae …

The extraordinary diversity of angiosperms is the ultimate outcome of the interplay of
speciation and extinction, which determine the net diversification of different lineages. We …

Abstract Background and Aims As angiosperms became one of the megadiverse groups of
macroscopic eukaryotes, they forged modern ecosystems and promoted the evolution of …

Angiosperm families differ greatly from one another in species richness (S). Previous studies
have attributed significant components of this variation to the influence of pollination mode …

Abstract The Early Cretaceous (145–100 million years ago (Ma)) witnessed the rise of
flowering plants (angiosperms), which ultimately lead to profound changes in terrestrial plant …

• Premise of the study: It has been 8 years since the last comprehensive analysis of
divergence times across the angiosperms. Given recent methodological improvements in …

The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as
'Darwin's second abominable mystery'. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant …

Summary Chase, MW, Fay, MF & Savolainen, V.: Higher‐level classification in the
angiosperms: new insights from the perspective of DNA sequence data.–Taxon 49: 685 …

Although eastern Asia (EAS) and eastern North America (ENA) have similar climates, plant
species richness in EAS greatly exceeds that in ENA. The degree to which this diversity …