The origin and early evolution of land plants in the mid-Palaeozoic era, between about 480
and 360 million years ago, was an important event in the history of life, with far-reaching …

The field of plant molecular systematics is expanding rapidly, and with it new and refined
methods are coming into use. This paper reviews recent advances in experimental methods …

This review bridges functional and evolutionary aspects of plastid chromosome architecture
in land plants and their putative ancestors. We provide an overview on the structure and …

Background Next-generation sequencing has provided a wealth of plastid genome
sequence data from an increasingly diverse set of green plants (Viridiplantae). Although …

We present a revised classification for extant ferns, with emphasis on ordinal and familial
ranks, and a synopsis of included genera. Our classification reflects recently published …

The coding region of the matK gene and two intergenic spacers, psbA‐trnH and trnL (UAA)‐
trnF (GAA), of cpDNA were sequenced to study phylogenetic relationships of 32 Paeonia …

The field of comparative plastid genomics has burgeoned during the past decade, largely
due to the availability of rapid, less expensive genome sequencing technologies. Currently …

The phylogenetic structure of ferns (= monilophytes) is explored here, with a special focus
on the early divergences among leptosporangiate lineages. Despite considerable progress …

Most of the 470-million-year history of plants on land belongs to bryophytes, pteridophytes
and gymnosperms, which eventually yielded to the ecological dominance by angiosperms …

Sequence comparison in molecular biology is in the beginning of a major paradigm shift—a
shift from gene comparison based on local mutations (ie, insertions, deletions, and …