The sunflower family, Asteraceae, comprises 10% of all flowering plant species and displays
an incredible diversity of form. Asteraceae are clearly monophyletic, yet resolving …

We announce the release of Reconstruct Ancestral State in Phylogenies (RASP), a user-
friendly software package for inferring historical biogeography through reconstructing …

Abstract Aim The tomato family Solanaceae is distributed on all major continents except
Antarctica and has its centre of diversity in South America. Its worldwide distribution …

Our growing understanding of the plant tree of life provides a novel opportunity to uncover
the major drivers of angiosperm diversity. Using a time‐calibrated phylogeny, we …

Premise of the Study Phylogenetic support has been difficult to evaluate within the green
plant tree of life partly due to a lack of specificity between conflicted versus poorly informed …

The growth of phylogenetic trees in scope and in size is promising from the standpoint of
understanding a wide variety of evolutionary patterns and processes. With trees comprised …

Spatial and temporal differences in ecological opportunity can result in disparity of net
species diversification rates and consequently uneven distribution of taxon richness across …

Biodiversity is not evenly distributed among related groups, raising questions about the
factors contributing to such disparities. The sunflower family (Asteraceae,> 26,000 species) …

Biodiversity results from multiple evolutionary mechanisms, including genetic variation and
natural selection. Whole-genome duplications (WGDs), or polyploidizations, provide …

Abstract Background Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) have been successfully used in
phylogenomics for a variety of taxa, but their power in phylogenetic inference has yet to be …