The recent classification of angiosperms by Chase and Reveal, based on APG III and emphasizing holophyletic concepts, results in a system of 16 coordinate superorders. Some of these contain very ...

Species composition within a geographic area is the result of historical processes including speciation, extinction, migration 6 and ongoing ecological interactions. The extent to which each process ...

High-throughput sequencing is fundamentally altering traditional phylogenetic classifications. While the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) III system based on chloroplast sequences has opened up a new ...

Paleontologists may be on the verge of solving one of the great mysteries in the history of life on our planet – the origin of angiosperms, the flowering plants. The importance of angiosperms cannot ...

They are very tiny, but they are a key source of information when it comes to Earth's evolutionary history: pollen grains are usually no larger than 20 micrometers, or 0.02 millimeters. Using these ...

Transcriptomic analyses of 20 plant species helped identify genes involved in the evolution of seed production, offering ...

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Researchers are using a Pacific island plant called Amborella trichopoda to help solve "Darwin's abominable mystery"—what was it, exactly, that caused the explosion of flowering plants in the fossil ...

Large parts of today’s food production are derived from different plant species, but premature abscission may result in reduced yield. Abscission is when plant organs are detached from the mother ...

More than 9000 species of plants have had sections of their genomes sequenced as part of the Plant and Fungal Trees of Life (PAFTOL) project led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the UK. This is ...