The megadiverse genus Carex (c. 2000 species, Cyperaceae) has a nearly cosmopolitan
distribution, displaying an inverted latitudinal richness gradient with higher species diversity …

We present data on sexual systems and associated traits in the New Zealand angiosperm
flora and discuss reasons for the anomalously high levels of gender dimorphism in the flora …

Whole genome duplication or polyploidy is widespread among floras globally, but
traditionally has been thought to have played a minor role in the evolution of island …

Abstract The New Zealand flora has a high proportion of endemic species but has been
invaded by almost the same number of non-native plant species. To support management of …

Premise Cunoniaceae are a family of shrubs and trees with 27 genera and ca. 335 species,
mostly confined to tropical and wet temperate zones of the southern hemisphere. There are …

Eco-evolutionary priority effects, in which early arriving taxa pre-empt environmental niches
and evolve to exclude or marginalise later arriving taxa, have been claimed to have …

ABSTRACT A colonisation history for 411 extant genera and 477 lineages of the vascular
flora of New Zealand was constructed using the plastid rbcL gene. Molecular clock crown …

Linnaean names are an anchor for biological information about a species, and having clear,
unique, taxonomic names is vital for scientific communication. Accordingly, there are specific …

The very similar appearance of pollen of the New Zealand Myrtaceous taxa Leptospermum
scoparium sl (mānuka) and Kunzea spp.(kānuka) has led palynologists to combine them in …

ABSTRACT Phormium tenax (harakeke, New Zealand flax: Asphodelaceae) has long been
considered indigenous to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) and Norfolk Island …