Phylogeny of Cyperaceae based on DNA sequence data: current progress and future prospects

AM Muasya, DA Simpson, GA Verboom… - The Botanical …, 2009 - Springer
In the last decade, efforts to reconstruct suprageneric phylogeny of the Cyperaceae have
intensified. We present an analysis of 262 taxa representing 93 genera in 15 tribes …

[KNIHA][B] Flowering plants

A Takhtajan - 2009 - Springer
Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Systematics and biology of silica bodies in monocotyledons

CJ Prychid, PJ Rudall, M Gregory - The botanical review, 2003 - Springer
Many plants take up soluble monosilicic acid from the soil. Some of these plants
subsequently deposit it as cell inclusions of characteristic structure. This article describes the …

Phylogeny and evolution in Cariceae (Cyperaceae): current knowledge and future directions

JR Starr, BA Ford - The Botanical Review, 2009 - Springer
The goal of this study was to review the impact of DNA sequence analyses on our
understanding of Cariceae phylogeny, classification and evolution. To explore character …

Gondwanan evolution of the grass alliance of families (Poales)

K Bremer - Evolution, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Phylogenetic interrelationships among all 18 families of Poales were assessed by cladistic
analysis of chloroplast DNA rbcL and atpB sequences from 65 species. There are two well …

Phylogenetic relatedness limits co-occurrence at fine spatial scales: evidence from the schoenoid sedges (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae) of the Cape Floristic Region …

JA Slingsby, GA Verboom - The American Naturalist, 2006 - journals.uchicago.edu
Species co-occurrence at fine spatial scales is expected to be nonrandom with respect to
phylogeny because of the joint effects of evolutionary (trait convergence and conservatism) …

An updated classification of the class Magnoliopsida (“Angiospermae”)

RF Thorne, JL Reveal - The Botanical Review, 2007 - Springer
The present classification of extant flowering plants (Magnoliopsida) updates and revises
those presented previously by bringing together the vast majority of new information …

[PDF][PDF] The significance of Cyperaceae as weeds

CT Bryson, R Carter - Sedges: uses, diversity, and systematics of the …, 2008 - ars.usda.gov
Weedy Cyperaceae adversely affect natural plant communities and the health of humans
and livestock and are major deterrents to agricultural and forest productivity. Most weeds are …

Potential of the 5′ and 3′ ends of the intergenic spacer (IGS) of rDNA in the Cyperaceae: New sequences for lower-level phylogenies in sedges with an example …

JR Starr, SA Harris… - International Journal of …, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
In plants, the internal transcribed spacers (ITS; ca. 450 base pairs) of nuclear ribosomal
DNA (rDNA) are the only well-characterized nuclear sequences that are both easily …

Phylogenetic relationships in Cyperaceae subfamily Mapanioideae inferred from pollen and plastid DNA sequence data

DA Simpson, CA Furness… - American Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Cyperaceae are the third largest monocotyledon family, with considerable economic and
conservation importance. In subfamily Mapanioideae there is particular specialization of the …