The classification of the legume family proposed here addresses the long‐known non‐
monophyly of the traditionally recognised subfamily Caesalpinioideae, by recognising six …

Phylogenomics is increasingly used to infer deep‐branching relationships while revealing
the complexity of evolutionary processes such as incomplete lineage sorting, hybridization …

Early natural historians—Comte de Buffon, von Humboldt, and De Candolle—established
environment and geography as two principal axes determining the distribution of groups of …

The consequences of the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary (KPB) mass extinction
for the evolution of plant diversity remain poorly understood, even though evolutionary …

Background Paphiopedilum is the largest genus of slipper orchids. Previous studies showed
that the phylogenetic relationships of this genus are not well resolved, and sparse taxon …

PREMISE Targeted enrichment methods facilitate sequencing of hundreds of nuclear loci to
enhance phylogenetic resolution and elucidate why some parts of the “tree of life” are …

Background Although plastomes are highly conserved with respect to gene content and
order in most photosynthetic angiosperms, extensive genomic rearrangements have been …

The plant genome comprises a coevolving, integrated genetic system housed in three
subcellular compartments: the nucleus, mitochondrion, and the plastid. The typical land …

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 Caesalpinioideae is the second largest subfamily of legumes (Leguminosae) with
ca. 4680 species and 163 genera. It is an ecologically and economically important group …