Broad-scale patterns of species diversity have received much attention in the literature, yet
the mechanisms behind their formation may not explain species richness disparities across …

Abstract Aim Palms (Arecaceae/Palmae) are a model group for evolutionary studies in the
tropics. In two companion papers, we aim to establish a general framework of palm …

The extent to which species richness patterns of the major palm subfamilies in the Americas
are controlled by lineage history was studied. Based on the fossil record, we suggest that the …

Southeast Asia is recognised as an outstanding centre of plant diversity (Mittermeier et al.
1999). Malesia, which stretches from the Malay Peninsula to New Guinea (van Steenis …

Abstract Aim Palms (Arecaceae/Palmae) are a model group for evolutionary studies in the
tropics. Family‐wide data on taxonomy, phylogenetics and distribution are now available …

Keystone plant groups can be used to infer the evolution of biomes and biogeographical
change of communities and taxa. In this thesis I investigated whether lineages in …

Despite long-standing interest in the origin and maintenance of species diversity, little is
known about historical drivers of species assemblage structure at large spatiotemporal …

The turnover of phylogenetic clades across space is a fundamental biodiversity pattern that
may depend on long-term evolutionary processes and that has downstream effects on other …

Aim Species richness exhibits striking geographical variation, but the processes that drive
this variation are unresolved. We investigated the relative importance of two hypothesized …

Several attempts have been made to generate complete species-level phylogenies for large
clades, enabling comprehensive analyses of ecological or evolutionary hypotheses at the …