The advances accelerated by next‐generation sequencing and long‐read sequencing
technologies continue to provide an impetus for plant phylogenetic study. In the past …

Chromosomal rearrangements trigger speciation by acting as barriers to gene flow.
However, the underlying theory was developed with monocentric chromosomes in mind …

Poales are one of the most species‐rich, ecologically and economically important orders of
plants and often characterise open habitats, enabled by unique suites of traits. We test six …

The unveiling of the angiosperm (flowering plant) tree of life over the past three decades has
been one of the great success stories of modern plant biology. Flowering plants underpin …

Convolvulaceae is a family of c. 2,000 species, distributed across 60 currently recognized
genera. It includes species of high economic importance, such as the crop sweet potato …

Eleocharis vivipara, an amphibious sedge in the Cyperaceae family, has several remarkable
properties, most notably its alternate use of C3 photosynthesis underwater and C4 …

The chloroplast genomes of angiosperms usually have a stable circular quadripartite
structure that exhibits high consistency in genome size and gene order. As one of the most …

Abstract Background and Aims While variation in genome size and chromosome numbers
and their consequences are often investigated in plants, the biological relevance of variation …

The majority of sequenced genomes in the monocots are from species belonging to
Poaceae, which include many commercially important crops. Here, we expand the number …

Polygonatum is the largest genus of tribe Polygonateae (Asparagaceae) and is widely
distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, especially well diversified in …