Angiosperm lineages in aquatic environments are characterized by high structural and
functional diversity, and wide distributions. A long‐standing evolutionary riddle is what …

The monophyly of Nymphaeaceae (water lilies) represents an important, but controversial
aspect in the effort to understand the evolutionary history of early-diverging angiosperms …

Species of Trithuria, the only genus of the family Hydatellaceae, represent ideal candidates
to explore the biology and flower evolution of early diverging angiosperms. The life cycle of …

Cryptic species are morphologically indistinguishable but genetically divergent entities that
constitute an important part of Earth's biodiversity. They occur in all kingdoms of life …

In Big Cypress National Preserve, the federally threatened Everglades bully (Sideroxylon
reclinatum subsp. austrofloridense) is sympatric with its conspecific, more widespread …

Hydropotes are specialized trichomes in aquatic plants, especially in species of the
Nympaeaceae and Cabombaceae; yet their function remains controversial. In this paper, we …

Commonly considered bispecific, Acorus is one of the most phylogenetically isolated
angiosperm genera that forms the order Acorales sister to the rest of the monocots. The …

Context The Southwest Australian Floristic Region has exceptional plant evolutionary
complexity for fire, nutrition and pollination traits. Aims Our aim was to allocate pollination …

An important goal of taxonomy is to clarify the identity of ambiguous taxa. Since lineage
divergence usually involves ecological shifts that are associated with plant morphology, we …

The problem of cryptic species is well known in taxonomy of different groups of organisms,
including plants, and their recognition can contribute to the assessment of global biodiversity …