The Streptophyta emerged about a billion years ago. Nowadays, this branch of the green
lineage is most famous for one of its clades, the land plants (Embryophyta). Although …

Highlights•New synthetic biology tools hasten tropane pathway discovery.•Tropane
biosynthesis evolved multiple times.•Novel early enzymes are key to driving Erythroxylaceae …

Hornworts, one of the three bryophyte phyla, show some of the deepest divergences in
extant land plants, with some families separated by more than 300 million years. Previous …

The Salicaceae includes approximately 54 genera and over 1,400 species with a
cosmopolitan distribution. Members of the family are well-known for their diverse secondary …

Large‐scale gene duplications (LSGDs) are crucial for evolutionary adaptation and
recurrent in vascular plants. However, the role of ancient LSGDs in the terrestrialization and …

Asparagales, the largest monocot order, is renowned for its ecological, economic, and
medicinal significance. Here, we leverage transcriptome data from 455 Asparagales species …

Plants and animals are often adorned with potentially conspicuous colours (eg red, yellow,
orange, blue, purple). These include the dazzling colours of fruits and flowers, the brilliant …

Mulberries (genus Morus), belonging to the order Rosales, family Moraceae, are important
woody plants due to their economic values in sericulture, as well as for nutritional benefits …

The recent advances in sequencing technologies, phylogenomics and divergence dating
methods call for an integrative review of the current state of Hymenoptera systematics. We …

While flowering plants have diversified in virtually every terrestrial clime, climate constrains
the distribution of individual lineages. Overcoming climatic constraints may be associated …