Aim To test whether it is possible to establish a common biogeographical regionalization for
plants and vertebrates in sub‐Saharan Africa (the Afrotropical Region), using objective …

Succulent plants are widely distributed, reaching their highest diversity in arid and semi‐arid
regions. Their origin and diversification is thought to be associated with a global expansion …

Rutaceae is a family of angiosperms well known for the economically important genus
Citrus. The division of Rutaceae into subfamilies is still inadequate and provisional. Previous …

Sub-Saharan Africa includes some 45,000 plant species. The spatial patterns of this
diversity have been well explored. We can group the species into a set of biogeographical …

The flora of southern Africa is, for its latitude and area, very species-rich. Although the
hyperdiverse Cape flora contributes almost half of this richness, three other radiations …

The extent to which phylogenetic biome conservatism vs biome shifting determines global
patterns of biodiversity remains poorly understood. To address this question, we …

The grapes and the close allies in Vitaceae are of great agronomic and economic
importance. Our previous studies showed that the grape genus Vitis was closely related to …

Aim Historically, biomes have been defined based on their structurally and functionally
similar vegetation, but there is debate about whether these similarities are superficial, and …

Coadaptation between mistletoes and birds captured the attention of Charles Darwin over
150 years ago, stimulating considerable scientific research. Here we used Loranthaceae, a …

Abstract Background The Ampelopsis clade (Ampelopsis and its close allies) of the grape
family Vitaceae contains ca. 43 species disjunctly distributed in Asia, Europe, North America …