A new study reveals how the Andes have shaped the history of aquatic plants
Researchers find that the rise of the Andes created conditions in the landscape that drove speciation in aquatic plants.
Tag: phylogenomics
Niche conservatism characterizes the spread of Helianthemum in the Canary Islands
In nearly all cases, each species’ closest relatives occur in a similar niche on a different island
How a conifer spread between isolated mountain-tops: the demographic history of Podocarpus latifolius/milanjianus
Were there land-bridges in the past that enabled trees to travel from mountaintop to mountaintop?
How is flower diversity produced? Insights from Asarum
The core Heterotropa group was divided into nine subclades, each of which had a narrow geographic distribution.
Diversification in Mediterranean firs occurred much earlier than expected
Mediterranean firs appeared millions of years earlier than was supposed, and likely through a single colonization event from Asia.
Where do all the Epipactis orchids come from?
Botanists use the orchid genus Epipactis as a model for speciation, but unravelling its family tree has been difficult.
Plastid genomes of Shoreeae
Organellar phylogenomics of Sphagnum
Plastid phylogenomics of the cool-season grass subfamily: Clarification of relationships among early-diverging tribes
Where do gingers some from?
Next-generation sequencing used to generate complete plastid gene sets for the tropical angiosperm order Zingiberales.