Recent re-examinations and new fossil findings have added significantly to the data
available for evaluating the evolutionary history of the monocotyledons. Integrating data from …

Cyperaceae (sedges) are the third largest monocot family and are of considerable economic
and ecological importance. Sedges represent an ideal model family to study evolutionary …

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

The megadiverse genus Carex (c. 2000 species, Cyperaceae) has a nearly cosmopolitan
distribution, displaying an inverted latitudinal richness gradient with higher species diversity …

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 …

Despite recent advances in molecular phylogenetic studies, deep evolutionary relationships
in Cyperaceae are still not entirely resolved. Reduction of floral morphology and complex …

Aim Across angiosperm families, the area occupied by a family is strongly correlated with its
richness. We explore the causes of this area‐richness correlation using the cosmopolitan …

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 …

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 …

In the context of molecularly-dated phylogenies, inferences informed by ancestral habitat
reconstruction can yield valuable insights into the origins of biomes, palaeoenvironments …