The genus Lotus comprises around 100 annual and perennial species with worldwide
distribution. The relevance of Lotus japonicus as a model plant has been recently …

Recent biogeographic and evolutionary studies have led to improved understanding of the
origins of exceptionally high plant diversity in the California Floristic Province (CA-FP) …

Background and aims Colour is one of the main floral traits used by pollinators to locate
flowers. Although pollinators show innate colour preferences, the view that the colour of a …

The field of systematics is experiencing a new molecular revolution driven by the increased
availability of high-throughput sequencing technologies. As these techniques become more …

Molecular phylogenies provide a framework to discuss relationships in the vast temperate
herbaceous radiation of papilionoid legumes comprised of tribes Galegeae …

Elucidating the phylogenetic relationships of the legumes is essential for understanding the
evolutionary history of events that underlie the origin and diversification of this family of …

Premise of research. One of the most conspicuous aspects of island floras is the relatively
high proportion of woody species. Often, but not always, these woody species have …

Comparative sequencing of internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and 5.8 S gene of nuclear
ribosomal DNA was carried out to examine phylogenetic relationships among subgenera …

Lathyrus (Leguminosae; Papilionoideae) is the largest genus in tribe Fabeae and exhibits
an intriguing extratropical distribution. We studied the systematics and biogeography of …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: To maximize benefits from symbiosis, legumes must limit
physiological inputs into ineffective rhizobia that nodulate hosts without fixing nitrogen. The …