Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs), also referred to as paleopolyploidizations,
have been reported in most evolutionary lineages. Their attributed role remains a major …

The interactions between bees that depend on floral oil for their larvae and flowers that offer
oil involve an intricate mix of obligate and facultative mutualisms. Using recent phylogenies …

Vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal is a common attribute of many living plants, and
variation in the size and abundance of fleshy diaspores is influenced by regional climate …

The fossil record provides good evidence for the minimum ages of important events in the
diversification and geographic spread of Asteridae, with earliest examples extending back to …

The Asteridae is a group of some 80,000 species of flowering plants characterized by their
fused corollas and iridoid compounds. Recent phylogenetic analyses have helped delimit …

The Paleocene megafossil flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region in the
United States of America, including leaves, cones, fruits, and seeds, monographed by …

A detailed survey of the Late Eocene flora of the diatomite of Kučlín, the Trupelník Hill in
North Bohemia, České středohoří Mountains, is given based on the morphological study of …

Bartonian-aged samples from the Changchang Formation (Hainan) have been
palynologically analyzed using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy …

Endocarps of the genus Prunus (family Rosaceae) have been described from early Eocene
clay deposits in the Wutu Coal Mine, Shandong Province, China. Endocarps are elliptical or …

The Phytocreneae (Icacinaceae) are a tribe of scrambling shrubs and lianas presently
distributed in tropical Africa, Madagascar, and Indo-Malesia. We describe the oldest known …