Featured Application This study describes the importance of the use of ornamental flowering
plants in constructed wetlands as wastewater treatment systems, as well as highlighting …

Abstract The Neotropical region (tropical America) is the most species rich region on Earth.
Several causes have been proposed to explain this extraordinary biodiversity, which may be …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Phytogeographical knowledge of two major patterns important to conservational planning-
the distribution of diversity and endemism in tropical forests-are summarized. High diversity …

This review brings together evidence on the monophyly and ages of angiosperm lineages
ranging across the tropical Atlantic with data on the direction, strength, and speed of sea …

In the Zingiberales, a primarily tropical order of monocotyledons, most phylogenists currently
recognize eight families: Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Lowiaceae, Heliconiaceae …

The distributions of 127 tree species, each with at least part of their range in the moist
coastal forest of eastern Brazil, are analyzed. Of these, 53.5% are endemic to the coastal …

The evolution of hummingbird pollination is common across angiosperms throughout the
Americas, presenting an opportunity to examine convergence in both traits and …

Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas. We have incorporated these changes in a revised
edition, along with some changes in the format that we hope will make the checklist easier to …

The Zingiberacea or ginger family is a family of flowering plants comprising roughly 1,600
species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes divided …