Darwin's dual interests in evolution and plants formed the basis of evolutionary botany, a
field that developed following his publications on both topics. Here, we review his many …

Abstract The Early Cretaceous (145–100 million years ago (Ma)) witnessed the rise of
flowering plants (angiosperms), which ultimately lead to profound changes in terrestrial plant …

Flowering plants (angiosperms) are the most diverse of all land plants, becoming abundant
in the Cretaceous and achieving dominance in the Cenozoic. However, the exact timing of …

Vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal is a common attribute of many living plants, and
variation in the size and abundance of fleshy diaspores is influenced by regional climate …

The nightshade family Solanaceae holds exceptional economic and cultural importance.
The early diversification of Solanaceae is thought to have occurred in South America during …

Phylogeny, molecular sequences, fossils, biogeography, and biome occupancy are all lines
of evidence that reflect the singular evolutionary history of a clade, but they are most often …

Coadaptation between mistletoes and birds captured the attention of Charles Darwin over
150 years ago, stimulating considerable scientific research. Here we used Loranthaceae, a …

Most studies of the response of terrestrial vegetation to climate change during the
Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) have focused on individual sites and …

ABSTRACT Background and approach–The Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central India
contain a diverse assemblage of fossil plants, including petrified woods from 15 localities …

The Cornales is a relatively small but morphologically diverse order in the basal position of
the Asterids clade. Previous study hypothesized that the order might have undergone …