Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Poaceae (the grasses) is arguably the most successful plant family, in terms of its global
occurrence in (almost) all ecosystems with angiosperms, its ecological dominance in many …

Background Centromeres are essential for chromosome segregation, yet their DNA
sequences evolve rapidly. In most animals and plants that have been studied, centromeres …

The evolution and subsequent ecological expansion of grasses (Poaceae) since the Late
Cretaceous have resulted in the establishment of one of Earth's dominant biomes, the …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

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 …

Many large and economically important plant groups (eg Brassicaceae, Poaceae,
Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Solanaceae) have had ancient whole genome duplications …

Adaptation to cool climates has occurred several times in different angiosperm groups.
Among them, Pooideae, the largest grass subfamily with∼ 3,900 species including wheat …

Poales are one of the most species‐rich, ecologically and economically important orders of
plants and often characterise open habitats, enabled by unique suites of traits. We test six …

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