Grasses are widespread on every continent and are found in all terrestrial biomes. The
dominance and spread of grasses and grassland ecosystems have led to significant …

Research on identifying cost-effective managed ecosystems that can substantially remove
atmospheric carbon-dioxide (CO 2) while providing essential societal benefits has gained …

Bamboo represents the only major lineage of grasses that is native to forests and is one of
the most important non-timber forest products in the world. However, no species in the …

Bamboos (subfamily Bambusoideae) comprise one of 12 subfamilies within the grass family
(Poaceae) and represent the only major grass lineage to diversify in forests. Bamboos are …

Grasses rank among the world's most ecologically and economically important plants.
Repeated evolution of the C4 syndrome has made photosynthesis highly efficient in many …

Polyploidization is a major driver of speciation and its importance to plant evolution has
been well recognized. Bamboos comprise one diploid herbaceous and three polyploid …

The systematics of grasses has advanced through applications of plastome phylogenomics,
although studies have been largely limited to subfamilies or other subgroups of Poaceae …

The temperate woody bamboos constitute a distinct tribe Arundinarieae (Poaceae:
Bambusoideae) with high species diversity. Estimating phylogenetic relationships among …

Background Bambusoideae is the only subfamily that contains woody members in the grass
family, Poaceae. In phylogenetic analyses, Bambusoideae, Pooideae and Ehrhartoideae …

Bamboos are large perennial grasses of temperate and tropical forests worldwide. Two
general growth forms exist: the economically and ecologically important woody bamboos …