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 …

The tree of life is highly reticulate, with the history of population divergence emerging from
populations of gene phylogenies that reflect histories of introgression, lineage sorting and …

Summary Oaks (Quercus, Fagaceae) are the dominant tree genus of North America in
species number and biomass, and Mexico is a global center of oak diversity. Understanding …

The impact of historical and present drivers on forest biodiversity is poorly understood. A
better understanding is mandatory to ensure conservation and appropriate management of …

Eocene Baltic amber forms the largest amber deposit worldwide; however, its source
vegetation and climate are much debated. Representatives of the oak family (Fagaceae) …

Nucleotide sequences from the plastome are currently the main source for assessing
taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships in flowering plants and their historical …

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 …

Fagaceae is one of the largest and economically important taxa within Fagales. Considering
the incongruence among inferences from plastid and nuclear genes in the previous …

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

The fossil record provides good evidence for the minimum ages of important events in the
diversification and geographic spread of Asteridae, with earliest examples extending back to …