Cenozoic extinctions account for the low diversity of extant gymnosperms compared with angiosperms

A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms

(2016) M. J. M. Christenhusz et al.   Phytotaxa

Is lack of cycad (Cycadales) diversity a result of a lack of polyploidy?

(2011) ROOT GORELICK et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Early Oligocene Callitris and Fitzroya (Cupressaceae) from Tasmania

(2010) Rosemary Paull et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The age and diversification of the angiosperms re-revisited

(2010) Charles D. Bell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Evolution of exceptional species richness among lineages of fleshy-fruited Myrtaceae

(2010) Ed Biffin et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Persistence of a rare ancient cycad: Effects of environment and demography

(2010) Juan C. Álvarez-Yépiz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Multigene Phylogeny of the Green Lineage Reveals the Origin and Diversification of Land Plants

(2010) Cédric Finet et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Biogeography of the Monimiaceae (Laurales): a role for East Gondwana and long-distance dispersal, but not West Gondwana

(2010) Susanne S. Renner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

A duplicate gene rooting of seed plants and the phylogenetic position of flowering plants

(2010) S. Mathews et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diversity in obscurity: fossil flowers and the early history of angiosperms

(2010) E. M. Friis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An uncorrelated relaxed-clock analysis suggests an earlier origin for flowering plants

(2010) S. A. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unparalleled rates of species diversification in Europe

(2010) L. M. Valente et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Did Kauri (Agathis: Araucariaceae) Really Survive the Oligocene Drowning of New Zealand?

(2010) Ed Biffin et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Using Fossils to Break Long Branches in Molecular Dating: A Comparison of Relaxed Clocks Applied to the Origin of Angiosperms

(2010) Susana Magallón   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Diversity dynamics: molecular phylogenies need the fossil record

(2010) Tiago B. Quental et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

An examination of phylogenetic models of substitution rate variation among lineages

(2009) S. Y.W. Ho   Biology Letters

The angiosperm radiation revisited, an ecological explanation for Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’

(2009) Frank Berendse et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Leaf hydraulic evolution led a surge in leaf photosynthetic capacity during early angiosperm diversification

(2009) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

EXPLOSIVE RADIATION OR CRYPTIC MASS EXTINCTION? INTERPRETING SIGNATURES IN MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES

(2009) Michael D. Crisp et al.   EVOLUTION

EXTINCTION RATES SHOULD NOT BE ESTIMATED FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES

(2009) Daniel L. Rabosky   EVOLUTION

Livistona palms in Australia: Ancient relics or opportunistic immigrants?

(2009) Michael D. Crisp et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

High nrDNA ITS polymorphism in the ancient extant seed plant Cycas: Incomplete concerted evolution and the origin of pseudogenes

(2009) Long-Qian Xiao et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times

(2009) Simon Y. W. Ho et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A fossil-calibrated relaxed clock forEphedraindicates an Oligocene age for the divergence of Asian and New World clades and Miocene dispersal into South America

(2009) Stefanie M. ICKERT-BOND et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Integrating Early Cretaceous fossils into the phylogeny of living angiosperms: Magnoliidae and eudicots

(2009) James A. DOYLE et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Phylogenics & Tree-Thinking

(2008) David A. Baum et al.   AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER

Angiosperm diversification through time

(2008) Susana Magallón et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Phylogenetic relationships among seed plants: Persistent questions and the limits of molecular data

(2008) Sarah Mathews   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Darwin's second “abominable mystery”: Why are there so many angiosperm species?

(2008) William L. Crepet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Tree thinking for all biology: the problem with reading phylogenies as ladders of progress

(2008) Kevin E. Omland et al.   BIOESSAYS

Inference of higher-order conifer relationships from a multi-locus plastid data setThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Systematics Research.

(2008) Hardeep S. Rai et al.   Botany

Integrating Molecular Phylogenetic and Paleobotanical Evidence on Origin of the Flower

(2008) James A. Doyle   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Cycads in the insular South-west Pacific: dispersal or vicariance?

(2008) Gunnar Keppel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

How well do we understand the overall backbone of cycad phylogeny? New insights from a large, multigene plastid data set

(2008) Jessie M. Zgurski et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Relative rates of synonymous substitutions in the mitochondrial, chloroplast and nuclear genomes of seed plants

(2008) G DROUIN et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A phylogenetic perspective on the distribution of plant diversity

(2008) M. J. Donoghue   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rates of Molecular Evolution Are Linked to Life History in Flowering Plants

(2008) S. A. Smith et al.   SCIENCE

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY