Abstract Knowledge about the mycorrhizal root traits of plants is critical for understanding
ecosystem processes from landscape to global scale. In spite of> 130 years of research …

Dated molecular phylogenies of broadly distributed lineages can help to compare patterns
of diversification in different parts of the world. An explanation for greater Neotropical …

The co‐occurrence of mutational events including substitutions and insertions–deletions
(InDels) with oligonucleotide repeats has previously been reported for a limited number of …

Rosidae, a clade of approximately 90 000 species of angiosperms, exhibits remarkable
morphological diversity and extraordinary heterogeneity in habitats and life forms. Resolving …

Malvaceae sl is the largest family of Malvales, comprising more than 4225 species. Within
Malvaceae, the phylogenetic relationships among subfamilies remain controversial. To …

Bombacoideae (Malvaceae) is a clade of deciduous trees with a marked dominance in
many forests, especially in the Neotropics. The historical lack of a well-resolved …

Tilia is an ecologically and economically important genus in the family Malvaceae. However,
there is no complete plastid genome of Tilia sequenced to date, and the taxonomy of Tilia is …

Witches' broom caused by Moniliophthora perniciosa is the main disease of cacao
(Theobroma cacao) in Brazil. The fungus is known to occur on other host families and these …

The Malva alliance is a well-defined group with extensive morphological homoplasy. As a
result, the relationships among the taxa as well as the evolution of morphological traits have …

• Premise of the study: The clade Bombacoideae+ Malvoideae ('Malvatheca group'sensu
Baum et al.) in Malvaceae comprises a mostly tropical lineage with derived taxa that now …