Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

In this chapter, we review major classification schemes proposed for oaks by John Claudius
Loudon, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, William Trelease, Otto Karl Anton Schwarz, Aimée …

Northern Hemisphere forests changed drastically in the early Eocene with the diversification
of the oak family (Fagaceae). Cooling climates over the next 20 million years fostered the …

Plastid phylogenomic analyses have shed light on many recalcitrant relationships across the
angiosperm Tree of Life and continue to play an important role in plant phylogenetics …

Quercus variabilis (Fagaceae) is an ecologically and economically important deciduous
broadleaved tree species native to and widespread in East Asia. It is a valuable woody …

Eucalypts are a large and ecologically important group of plants on the Australian continent,
and understanding their evolution is important in understanding evolution of the unique …

Aim Many subtropical organisms exhibit an East Asian‐Tethyan disjunction, a distribution
split between East Asia and the Mediterranean. The underlying mechanisms and timing …

Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) is frequently used for species demography, evolution, and
species discrimination of plants. However, the lack of efficient and universal markers often …

Available knowledge on the European white oaks (Quercus, sect. Quercus) plastome still
exhibits large gaps, mostly in respect of detailed phylogeny and information from southern …

Although the frequency of ancient hybridization across the Tree of Life is greater than
previously thought, little work has been devoted to uncovering the extent, timeline, and …