The symbiosis between plants and nitrogen‐fixing bacteria is widespread among legumes
and actinorhizal plants within the nitrogen‐fixing root nodule (NFN) clade. However, there …

Uncertainties persist in the delineation of tribes and genera within the cosmopolitan and
species‐rich Rhamnaceae. In this family, the identification of tribes and genera largely …

Aim We investigated whether the fossil‐rich and cosmopolitan buckthorn family
(Rhamnaceae, dating back to the Cretaceous) was influenced by vicariance events …

The evolution of dispersal modes has been proposed to promote the diversification of
angiosperms. However, little is known about the relative impact of different dispersal modes …

Spyridium Fenzl is a genus of~ 45 species endemic to south-western and south-eastern
Australia. This study provides the most comprehensive phylogenies of Spyridium to date …

High diversity and endemism in the California Floristic Province (CFP) are an alleged
response to the late Cenozoic advent of Mediterranean-type climate in this region …

The genus Paliurus, recognized by its distinctive orbicular-winged fruit, is well represented
in the fossil record of the Northern Hemisphere. Fruits assignable to Paliurus are known from …

Birds are thought to be important vectors underlying the disjunct distribution patterns of
some terrestrial biota. Here, we investigate the role of birds in the colonisation by …

Recent molecular and morphological analyses show that Discaria is polyphyletic and
consists of two separate clades, Discaria sens. str. and a clade of two species from Chile …

The 'out of Australia'hypothesis describes taxa with ancestors present on the Australian
continent before the contact of the Australian plate with Southeast Asia and the subsequent …