Uncertainties in the age and phylogenetic position of Pinaceae fossils present significant
obstacles to our understanding of the timing of diversification in the family. We demonstrate …

Pines comprise one of the largest coniferous genera, are distributed throughout the Northern
Hemisphere, and have an abundant fossil record. Distributions of fossils have been used to …

Background The taxonomy of pines (genus Pinus) is widely accepted and a robust gene tree
based on entire plastome sequences exists. However, there is a large discrepancy in …

Phylogenetic analysis of plastid DNA restriction site and rearrangement mutations suggests
a number of major revisions to taxonomy and phylogenetic concepts in the hard pines. Total …

As the largest and the basal-most family of conifers, Pinaceae provides key insights into the
evolutionary history of conifers. We present comparative chloroplast genomics and analysis …

The fossil record of the family Pinaceae indicates that most genera first appeared in the high-
latitude and high-altitude regions of North America during the early Tertiary. In fact, six of the …

Recent diversification followed by secondary contact and hybridization may explain complex
patterns of intra-and interspecific morphological and genetic variation in the North American …

Abies, the second largest genus of Pinaceae, consists of approximately 48 species
occurring in the north temperate region. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies improved …

Silent mutation rate estimates for Pinus vary 50-fold, ranging from angiosperm-like to among
the slowest reported for plants. These differences either reflect extraordinary genomic …

This study describes a specimen that extends the oldest fossil evidence of Pinus L. to the
Early Cretaceous Wealden Formation of Yorkshire, UK (131–129 million years ago), and …