Lineage‐specific traits determine how plants interact with their surrounding environment.
Unrelated species may evolve similar phenotypic characteristics to tolerate, persist in, and …

Asteraceae is the world's richest plant family and is found on all continents, in environments
ranging from the coast to the highest mountains. The family shows all growth forms and, as …

Abstract species Link is a large-scale biodiversity information portal that exists thanks to a
broad collaborative network of people and institutions. CRIA's involvement with the scientific …

Premise Data on plant distribution and diversity from natural history collections and
taxonomic databases are increasingly becoming available online as exemplified by the …

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available
in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These …

Advancing our current knowledge on floristic richness in Mexico requires access to different
sources, including published and unpublished inventories, fascicles of ongoing floristic …

Abstract Premise Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) is an important dry forest element in all
subregions and transitional zones of the neotropics, with the highest diversity in eastern …

Abstract Background and Aims The evolution of ecological specialization is favoured under
divergent selection imposed by increased environmental heterogeneity, although …

In light of increasing human impacts on natural areas and climate change, urgent action is
required to accelerate species conservation efforts. Ex situ conservation has gained …

Historical climatic and geological events are largely known to have impacted biome
evolution across the Neotropics and their associated rich biodiversity. However, a clear …