A revised evolutionary history of Poales: origins and diversification

Y Bouchenak-Khelladi, AM Muasya… - Botanical Journal of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Poales represents more than one-third of all monocotyledons (c. 20 000 species in 16
families) and constitutes a microcosm of the angiosperms. The extreme variation in species …

The earliest wood and its hydraulic properties documented in c. 407-million-year-old fossils using synchrotron microtomography

C Strullu-Derrien, P Kenrick, P Tafforeau… - Botanical Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We document xylem structure and hydraulic properties in the earliest woody plant A
rmoricaphyton chateaupannense gen. nov. & sp. nov. based on c. 407-million-year-old …

Three-dimensional visualization of fossil flowers, fruits, seeds, and other plant remains using synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM): new …

EM Friis, F Marone, KR Pedersen… - Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The application of synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM) to the
study of mesofossils of Cretaceous age has created new possibilities for the three …

Topography as a driver of cryptic speciation in the high-elevation cape sedge Tetraria triangularis (Boeck.) CB Clarke (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae)

MN Britton, TA Hedderson, GA Verboom - Molecular phylogenetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Since some speciation mechanisms are more likely to generate morphological disparity than
others, the general failure of vascular plant taxonomists to recognize cryptic diversity may …

Ecology limits the diversity of the Cape flora: phylogenetics and diversification of the genus Tetraria

JA Slingsby, MN Britton, GA Verboom - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Understanding the ecology and evolution of the hyper-diverse Cape flora is dependent on
developing an understanding of its component parts, best epitomized by the Cape floral …

A new protocol for the collection and cataloguing of reference material for the study of fossil Cyperaceae fruits: The Modern Carpological Collection

E Martinetto, D Bouvet, E Vassio, P Magni… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fossil fruits of the species-rich family Cyperaceae (Poales) are frequently found in Cenozoic
sediments of Europe and their taxonomical analysis is particularly difficult and poorly …