Aim Adaptive radiation, in which successful lineages proliferate by exploiting untapped
niche space, provides a popular but potentially misleading characterization of evolution on …

Insular woodiness (IW), referring to the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness toward
woodiness on islands, has arisen more than 30 times on the Canary Islands (Atlantic …

Factors influencing diversification rates may be of intrinsic (eg morphological novelties) or
extrinsic (eg long-distance dispersal, availability of ecological niches) nature. Growth habit …

Aim One of the main goals of functional biogeography is to examine distribution patterns of
trait diversity, and islands provide excellent study cases for this emerging field. We tested the …

Fruit morphological and anatomical characteristics are essential in the taxonomy of
Apiaceae. Daucus L. is one of the most important genera of the family Apiaceae, as it …

Abstract The Apocynaceae subfamilies Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae have
undergone several transitions during their evolution with regard to growth form and degree …

The high proportion of woody plant species on oceanic islands has hitherto been explained
mainly by gradual adaptation to climatic conditions. Here, we present a novel hypothesis …

Background One of the major trends in angiosperm evolution was the shift from woody to
herbaceous habit. However, reversals known as derived woodiness have also been …

Abstract Premise Most of the Paleotropical flora widely distributed in the Western Palearctic
became extinct during the Mio‐Pliocene as a result of global geoclimatic changes. A few …

A recurring motif of Carlquist's work is the identification of traits typical for primary xylem of
angiosperms as a whole, but found in the secondary xylem of certain species. These traits …