Finding the factors that explain invasion success of species is a major objective in ecology. The combination of extensive data on fruit heteromorphism in Asteraceae and the largest global plant-naturalization database...
Tag - Compositae
Alex Assiry
The cosmopolitan Compositae (or Sunflowers at large…)
Sunflowers by Stephen Harris 2018. Reaktion Books Ltd. Stephen Harris’ Sunflowers isn’t about sunflowers. OK, correction, it is, but it’s not just about sunflowers. Rather, the book celebrates the sunflower family, the...
Nigel Chaffey
On the origins of Balkan endemics
The Balkan Peninsula is one of the most important centres of plant diversity in Europe. Yet its flora is still largely unexplored and calls for further investigations. Olšavská et al. focus on Balkan taxa of the Cyanus...
botanyone
A new fossil taxon of Asteraceae
Barreda et al. describe Raiguenrayun cura gen. & sp. nov., an extinct Eocene taxon of the daisy family that might represent the ancestor of Mutisioideae–Carduoideae, based on an exceptionally well preserved...
Evolution and biogeography of Plectocephalus
Evolution and biogeography of Plectocephalus The genus Plectocephalus comprises a single species in Ethiopia, two in North America and possibly four more in South America, in a striking disjunction that is exceptional...
