Index Catalog // Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew research repository

2024

Journal article

The origin and speciation of orchids.

Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A. ; Bogarín, Diego ; Przelomska, Natalia A. S. ; Ackerman, James D. ; Balbuena, Juan A. …

Orchidaceae, Macroevolution, Laurasia, High-latitude extinction, Historical biogeography, Neotropics, and Speciation

2024

Journal article

Repeated upslope biome shifts in Saxifraga during late-Cenozoic climate cooling.

Mountains are among the most biodiverse places on Earth, and plant lineages that inhabit them have some of the highest speciation rates ever recorded. Plant diversity within the alpine zone - the elevation above which trees cannot grow—contributes significantly to overall diversity within mountain systems, but the origins of alpine...

Carruthers, Tom ; Moerland, Michelangelo S. ; Ebersbach, Jana ; Favre, Adrien ; Folk, Ryan A. …

Climate cooling, Saxifraga, Plant evolution, Adaptive radiation, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary biology, Cenozoic, and Biome shifts

2023

Journal article

Global analysis of Poales diversification – parallel evolution in space and time into open and closed habitats.

Elliott, Tammy L. ; Spalink, Daniel ; Larridon, Isabel ; Zuntini, Alexandre Rizzo ; Escudero, Marcial …

Evolution, Spatial phylogenetics, Biogeography, Savannas, Grasslands, Grass-like plants, and Evolutionary transitions

2023

Journal article

Complementing model species with model clades.

Model species continue to underpin groundbreaking plant science research. At the same time, the phylogenetic resolution of the land plant Tree of Life continues to improve. The intersection of these two research paths creates a unique opportunity to further extend the usefulness of model species across larger taxonomic groups. Here...

Mabry, Makenzie E. ; Abrahams, R. Shawn ; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. ; Baker, William J. ; Barak, Simon …

Species models, Arabidopsis thaliana model species, Tree of Life, Model clades, Phylogenomics, Brassicales, Model species, and Genomics

2023

Journal article

Truongsonia (Arecaceae: Arecoideae: Truongsonieae)—a new palm genus and tribe from Vietnam.

A genus and species of palm from the Truong Son Range in Vietnam, Truongsonia lecongkietii, is described as new to science. Phylogenomic analysis strongly supports the placement of the new taxon in subfamily Arecoideae as sister to the African endemic tribe Podococceae, which comprises a single genus Podococcus. A new...