• Premise of the study: The opuntias (nopales, prickly pears) are not only culturally,
ecologically, economically, and medicinally important, but are renowned for their taxonomic …

Phylogenetic relationships within Miconia and other genera in the Neotropical tribe
Miconieae were investigated using a maximum parsimony analysis of nuclear internal …

In this study we present a phylogenetic analysis of Melastomeae, focusing on the
Neotropical members of the tribe, a group of c. 70 species in 30 genera. In total, 236 …

Abstract The Caribbean Island Biodiversity Hotspot is composed primarily of the Bahamas
and Greater and Lesser Antilles. A total of 180 genera (727 spp., ca. 9% of the species …

The Melastomataceae, with ca. 177 genera and 5858 species, are among the ten most
species-rich families of angiosperms. Previous molecular phylogenetic analyses have …

Abstract The Miconieae (Melastomaceae) are a strictly Neotropical group comprising over
1900 species. The tribe is characterized by inflorescences that are terminal or axillary, but …

In the clade of Penstemon and segregate genera, pollination syndromes are well defined
among the 284 species. Most display combinations of floral characters associated with …

In the Caribbean region, the Melastomataceae are represented by about 450 species (from
28 genera), close to 400 of them endemic. The majority of these endemic species …

• Premise of the study: We sought novel evolutionary insights for the highly diverse
Saxifragales by constructing a large phylogenetic tree encompassing 36.8% of the species …

Premise of research. Analyses of the evolution of floral morphology and symmetry broaden
our understanding of the drivers of angiosperm diversification. Integrated within a flower …