The present review describes research on novel natural cyclobutane-containing alkaloids
and synthetic compounds isolated from terrestrial and marine species. More than 210 …

The Piper genus is the most representative of the Piperaceae reaching around 2000 species
distributed in the pantropical region. In the Neotropics, its species are represented by herbs …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Abstract “Big” plant genera, those of 500 or more species, have not only occasioned interest
among systematic botanists, but for geographical, ecological or horticultural reasons, have …

Black pepper (Piper nigrum), dubbed the 'King of Spices' and 'Black Gold', is one of the most
widely used spices. Here, we present its reference genome assembly by integrating PacBio …

Increasingly robust understanding of angiosperm phylogeny allows more secure
reconstruction of the flower in the most recent common ancestor of extant angiosperms and …

Ficus (Moraceae) is arguably one of the most important plant genera in lowland tropical
rainforests. A brief review of tropical florulas also demonstrates that Ficus is the only …

Aim The study aimed to establish areas of endemism and distribution patterns for
Neotropical species of the genus Piper in the Neotropical and Andean regions by means of …

The phylogenetic structure of ecological communities can shed light on assembly
processes, but the focus of phylogenetic structure research thus far has been on mature …

Piperales represent the largest basal angiosperm order with a nearly worldwide distribution.
The order includes three species rich genera, Piper (ca. 2000 species), Peperomia (ca …