Poales are one of the most speciesrich, ecologically and economically important orders of
plants and often characterise open habitats, enabled by unique suites of traits. We test six …

Decades of empirical research have revealed how the geological history of our planet
shaped plant evolution by establishing wellknown patterns (eg, how mountain uplift …

Neotropical ecosystems are renowned for numerous examples of adaptive radiation in both
plants and animals resulting in high levels of biodiversity and endemism. However, we still …

Historical climatic and geological events are largely known to have impacted biome
evolution across the Neotropics and their associated rich biodiversity. However, a clear …

The Neotropical realm hosts some of the Earth's most species-rich biodiversity hotspots, with
vascular epiphytes significantly contributing to this diversity, regionally accounting for up to …

Phylogenomics enhances our understanding of plant radiations in the biodiverse Andes.
Our study focuses on Puya, primarily Andean and a part of the Bromeliaceae family. Using a …

Ongoing climate changes are expected to intensify drought periods in tropical regions,
directly impacting epiphytic bromeliads that depend on intermittent water availability. This …

Cypripedioideae (slipper orchids; Orchidaceae) currently consist of∼ 200 herbaceous
species with a strikingly disjunctive distribution in tropical and temperate regions of both …

Two main landscapes emerge from the Guiana Shield: the highlands to the west called the
Pantepui region and the Amazonian lowlands to the east, both harbouring numerous …

Poales, as one of the largest orders of angiosperm, holds crucial economic and ecological
importance. Nevertheless, achieving a consensus topology has been challenging in …