Gentiana hoae, a new alpine species on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Is hybridization a significant driver of plant speciation and endemism in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau?
Taxonomy & Evolution
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Seed dormancy of the threatened Spanish daffodil Narcissus yepesii
Can the seed dormancy class of Narcissus yepesii explain the different dormancy levels seen in two closely related phylogenetic congeners?
A sweet story: modern sugarcanes originate from three ancestral genomes
New study identifies hybridisation and backcrossing events to have led to the modern sugarcane cultivars.
Impacts of land use on the stress responses of an invasive grass
Can ecotypic origin (i.e. agricultural vs. non-agricultural) and environmental selection pressures predict biomass accumulation in Johnsongrass?
New Equisetum phylogeny provides insight into an ancient lineage
The first divergences among horsetail species occurred with the break-up of Pangaea.
“Mythical” Jurassic angiosperms perhaps not so mythical
Modelling that accounts for an incomplete fossil record doesn’t reject a pre-Cretaceous origin.
A new spin on Darwin’s “abominable mystery”
Darwin may indeed not have been referring to angiosperms broadly in his famous words to his friend.
Leaf composites better than single leaves at capturing species differences
Accurate species prediction depended on adequate sampling and straightforward genetic background.
Clonal female populations dominate the tropical herb genus, Hanguana
Can apomixis explain the distribution of Hanguana individuals in Singapore?
Settling the debate: Plum ‘yews’ are in a separate family to yews
New genomic study assembled the plastid genomes of plum yews to understand their evolution.
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