Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III

A formal classification of the land plants that is compatible with the APG III classification is proposed. Previous classifications inflated taxonomic ranks, particularly of the...

Plastid genomes reveal support for deep phylogenetic relationships and extensive rate variation among palms and other commelinid monocots

Summary Despite progress based on multilocus, phylogenetic studies of the palms (order Arecales, family Arecaceae), uncertainty remains in resolution/support among major clades ...

Large multi-gene phylogenetic trees of the grasses (Poaceae): Progress towards complete tribal and generic level sampling

Trends and concepts in fern classification

Concluding this paper, a classification is presented based on our current understanding of relationships of fern and lycopod clades. Major changes in our understanding of these ...

In defence of a conifer taxonomy which recognises evolution

Phylogenetic relationships of Rutaceae: a cladistic analysis of the subfamilies using evidence from RBC and ATP sequence variation

Sequence data for plastid rbcL and atpB from members of Anacardiaceae, Burseraceae, Cneoraceae, Meliaceae, Ptaeroxylaceae, Rutaceae, and Simaroubaceae were analyzed cladisticall...

Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales

Abstract Analyses of morphological and molecular characters for Dioscoreales Hook. f. (Chase & al., 1995b; Caddick & al., 2000a; Caddick & al., 2002) have redefined ...

Valid publication of the family name Pteleocarpaceae

Phylogenetic relationships of Icacinaceae focusing on the vining genera

Phylogenetic relationships of the pantropical and polyphyletic family Icacinaceae were investigated, focusing on the Old World vining genera. Plastid ndhF, rbcL and matK sequenc...