Nearly four decades ago, Roose & Gottlieb (Roose & Gottlieb 1976 Evolution 30, 818–
830.(doi: 10.2307/2407821)) showed that the recently derived allotetraploids Tragopogon …

Background Plastome (plastid genome) sequences provide valuable information for
understanding the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of plants. Although …

The origin of the flower was a key innovation in the history of complex organisms,
dramatically altering Earth's biota. Advances in phylogenetics, developmental genetics, and …

• Premise of the study: Noncoding chloroplast DNA (NC‐cpDNA) sequences are the staple
data source of low‐level phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies of angiosperms. We …

Abstract Background and Aims Theaceae, with three tribes, nine genera and more than 200
species, are of great economic and ecological importance. Recent phylogenetic analyses …

Premise of the study: Targeted sequencing using next‐generation sequencing (NGS)
platforms offers enormous potential for plant systematics by enabling economical acquisition …

• Premise of the study: As systematists grapple with how to best harness the power of next‐
generation sequencing (NGS), a deluge of review papers, methods, and analytical tools …

Premise of the study: Here we present a series of protocols for RNA extraction across a
diverse array of plants; we focus on woody, aromatic, aquatic, and other chemically complex …

Biological radiations provide unique opportunities to understand the evolution of
biodiversity. One such radiation is the pepper plant family Piperaceae, an early-diverging …

Systematics is the science of discovering, organizing and interpreting the diversity of all
living organisms. Recent developments in genomics and biodiversity informatics are …