In the second half of the nineteenth century, pioneering discoveries of rich assemblages of
fossil plants from the Cretaceous resulted in considerable interest in the first appearance of …

The family of Lemnaceae, commonly called duckweed, comprise five genera and 37 species
of aquatic monocotyledonous plants that are endemic to lakes, ponds and brackish water …

Premise of the Study We present the first plastome phylogeny encompassing all 77 monocot
families, estimate branch support, and infer monocot‐wide divergence times and rates of …

Aroideae is the largest and most diverse subfamily of the plant family Araceae. Despite its
agricultural and horticultural importance, the genomic resources are sparse for this …

The family Araceae (3790 species, 117 genera) has one of the oldest fossil records among
angiosperms. Ecologically, members of this family range from free‐floating aquatics (Pistia …

• Premise of the study: The first family‐wide molecular phylogeny of the Araceae, a family of
about 3800 published species in 120 genera, became available in 1995, followed by a …

Main conclusion This study provides broad insight into the chloroplast genomes of the
subfamily Monsteroideae. The identified polymorphic regions may be suitable for designing …

Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the
beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to …

Background Chloroplast genomes provide a wealth of information for evolutionary and
population genetic studies. Chloroplasts play a particularly important role in the adaption for …

The biogeography, chromosome number evolution, pollination biology and evolutionary
history of the plant family Araceae have recently become much clearer (Cabrera et al., 2008 …