Twenty‐five years ago, it was suggested that current‐day New Zealand, part of the largely
sunken continent of Zealandia, could have been completely inundated during the Oligocene …

Sparked by the publication of large phylogenetic studies and major generic redefinitions in
the Gesneriaceae, we review this growing body of molecular studies on the family. Different …

A new formal classification of Gesneriaceae is proposed. It is the first detailed and overall
classification of the family that is essentially based on molecular phylogenetic studies. Three …

The effects of specific functional groups of pollinators in the diversification of angiosperms
are still to be elucidated. We investigated whether the pollination shifts or the specific …

In recent years significant advances have been made in the taxonomy and classification of
the Gesneriaceae, mostly based on molecular-phylogenetic research. This has led to major …

Gesneriaceae are represented in the New World (NW) by a major clade (c. 1000 species)
currently recognized as subfamily Gesnerioideae. Radiation of this group occurred in all …

Karst ecosystems in southern China are species‐rich and have high levels of endemism, yet
little is known regarding the evolutionary processes responsible for the origin and …

Using a time-calibrated phylogenetic hypothesis including 768 Gesneriaceae species (out
of~ 3300 species) and more than 29,000 aligned bases from 26 gene regions, we test …

Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed
a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale …

Background The 361 species of hummingbirds that occur from Alaska to Patagonia
pollinate~ 7,000 plant species with flowers morphologically adapted to them. To better …