Dobzhansky stated that nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. A
close corollary, and the central theme of this paper, is that everything makes a lot more …

The goal of this book is to present a state-of-the-art view of grass taxonomy and to
summarize our current understanding of morphological variation in the grasses. Today, both …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

A total of∼ 1400 species of bamboos are grouped under the sub‐family Bambusoideae
within the family Poaceae. The plant group harbours both herbaceous and woody members …

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 …

The field of systematic biology has been revitalized and transformed during the last few
decades by the confluence of phylogenetic thinking with ready access to the tools of …

A large collaborative effort has yielded a comprehensive study of the phylogeny and a new
subfamilial classification of the grass family (Poaceae/Gramineae). The study was …

Although the matK gene has been used in addressing systematic questions in four families,
its potential application to plant systematics above the family level has not been …

DNA sequences were generated for the chloroplast gene ndhF to address phylogenetic
relationships among the major lineages of the Poaceae. Our primary objectives were: 1) to …

The grass family includes some 10,000 species, and it encompasses tremendous
morphological, physiological, ecological, and genetic diversity. The phylogeny of the family …