The current classification of angiosperms is based primarily on concatenated plastid
markers and maximum likelihood (ML) inference. This approach has been justified by the …

Evolutionary relationships among plants have been inferred primarily using chloroplast data.
To date, no study has comprehensively examined the plastome for gene tree conflict. Using …

From restriction site analyses to whole plastid genome sequences, our understanding of
green plant (Viridiplantae;~ 500,000 extant species) evolutionary relationships over the past …

The commelinid monocots comprise the orders Arecales (A), Commelinales (C), Poales
sensu Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (APGIII)(P), Zingiberales (Z), plus the unplaced …

More than 190 plastid genomes have been completely sequenced during the past two
decades due to advances in DNA sequencing technologies. Based on this unprecedented …

Angiosperms are the largest and most successful clade of land plants with> 250,000 species
distributed in nearly every terrestrial habitat. Many phylogenetic studies have been based on …

• Premise of the study: Investigating the early diversification of major clades requires well‐
corroborated and accurate phylogenetic inferences. We examined the performance of a …

A study in BMC Evolutionary Biology represents the most comprehensive effort to clarify the
phylogeny of green plants using sequences from the plastid genome. This study highlights …

Background Flowering plants (angiosperms) are dominant components of global terrestrial
ecosystems, but phylogenetic relationships at the familial level and above remain only …

Although great progress has been made in clarifying deep-level angiosperm relationships,
several early nodes in the angiosperm branch of the Tree of Life have proved difficult to …