The Andes are the world's most biodiverse mountain chain, encompassing a complex array
of ecosystems from tropical rainforests to alpine habitats. We provide a synthesis of Andean …

This review provides a revised and expanded word-formula system of whole-seed primary
dormancy classification that integrates the scheme of Nikolaeva with that of Baskin and …

Epiphytes make up roughly 10% of all vascular plant species globally and play important
functional roles, especially in tropical forests. However, to date, there is no comprehensive …

Abstract Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is the most economically valuable crop
possessing crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic carbon assimilation …

Orchids are the most diverse family of angiosperms, with over 25 000 species, more than
mammals, birds and reptiles combined. Tests of hypotheses to account for such diversity …

Summary The tropical Andes of South America, the world's richest biodiversity hotspot, are
home to many rapid radiations. While geological, climatic, and ecological processes …

Andean orogeny is considered as one of the most important events for the development of
current plant diversity in South America. We compare available phylogenetic studies and …

Replicated radiations, in which sets of similar forms evolve repeatedly within different
regions, can provide powerful insights into parallel evolution and the assembly of functional …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a specialized mode of photosynthesis that features
nocturnal CO 2 uptake, facilitates increased water‐use efficiency (WUE), and enables CAM …

Domestication of clonally propagated crops such as pineapple from South America was
hypothesized to be a 'one-step operation'. We sequenced the genome of Ananas comosus …