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Genera Palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms

In the new edition, genus treatments include complete descriptions, nomenclature, etymology and discussions of diversity, distribution, phylogeny, morphology, uses and ecology, as well as providing essential background information to the classification presented within the book.

Sympatric speciation in palms on an oceanic island

A large dated phylogenetic tree shows that the two species of Howea, endemic to the remote Lord Howe Island, are sister taxa and diverged from each other well after the island was formed 6.9 million years ago.
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Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms

This work constructed the first complete genus-level dated phylogeny of a largely TRF-restricted plant family with a known history dating back to the Cretaceous, providing evidence that diversification of extant lineages of palms started during the mid-Cretaceous period about 100 million years ago.
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Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life

A perspective on the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a moonshot for biology that aims to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of 10 years, is presented.
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A new subfamily classification of the palm family (Arecaceae): evidence from plastid DNA phylogeny

A new subfamilial classification of the palms is established, in which five subfamilies are recognized, rather than the six that were included in the previous classification, and critical basal nodes are now fully resolved and, in most cases, strongly supported.
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Complete generic-level phylogenetic analyses of palms (Arecaceae) with comparisons of supertree and supermatrix approaches.

This study demonstrates that supertree and supermatrix methods can provide effective, explicit, and complimentary mechanisms for synthesizing disjointed phylogenetic evidence while emphasizing the need for further refinement of supertree methods.
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Cenozoic imprints on the phylogenetic structure of palm species assemblages worldwide

It is suggested that continental isolation (in combination with limited long-distance dispersal) and changing climate and habitat loss throughout the Cenozoic have had strong impacts on the phylogenetic structure of regional species assemblages in the tropics.
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A new phylogenetic classification of the palm family

Summary. An outline of a new phylogenetic classification of the palm family ( Arecaceae , syn. Palmae ) is publishedwith the aim of validating new names of suprageneric taxa prior to the publication…

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

The extent of the trait data compiled in TRY is evaluated and emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness are analyzed to conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements.
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Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. I. Historical biogeography

A detailed analysis of palm biogeography for all major lineages in a global context is undertaken, comparing the results to the fossil record, molecular dating studies and previously established biogeographical hypotheses for the family.
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