▪ Abstract The chemical structures of the primary cell walls of the grasses and their
progenitors differ from those of all other flowering plant species. They vary in the complex …

Plant roots in natural ecosystems are typically colonized by a wide range of fungi. Some of
these are pathogenic, others appear to be opportunistic and have no apparent impact, while …

Premise of the Study We present the first plastome phylogeny encompassing all 77 monocot
families, estimate branch support, and infer monocot‐wide divergence times and rates of …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

During the 1990s, reconstruction of flowering plant phylogeny took a great step forward.
Rapidly accumulating DNA sequences, in particular from the plastid gene rbcL (eg Chase et …

A phylogenetic analysis of a combined data set for 560 angiosperms and seven outgroups
based on three genes, 18S rDNA (1855 bp), rbcL (1428 bp), and atpB (1450 bp) …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

A number of studies have noted that nucleotide substitution rates at the chloroplast-encoded
rbcL locus violate the molecular clock principle. Substitution rate variation at this plastid …

A revised and updated classification for the families of the flowering plants is provided.
Newly adopted orders include Austrobaileyales, Canellales, Gunnerales, Crossosomatales …

A large collaborative effort has yielded a comprehensive study of the phylogeny and a new
subfamilial classification of the grass family (Poaceae/Gramineae). The study was …