Tammy L Elliott, Daniel Spalink, Isabel Larridon, Alexandre Rizzo Zuntini, Marcial Escudero, Jan Hackel, Russell L Barrett, Santiago Martín-Bravo, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Carolina Granados Mendoza, Aluoneswi C Mashau, Katya J Romero-Soler, Daniel A Zhigila, Berit Gehrke, Caroline Oliveira Andrino, Darren M Crayn, Maria S Vorontsova, Félix Forest, William J Baker, Karen L Wilson, David A Simpson, A Muthama Muasya
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 hypotheses regarding the evolution and assembly of Poales in open and closed habitats throughout the world, and examine whether diversification patterns demonstrate parallel evolution. We sampled 42% of Poales species and obtained taxonomic and biogeographic data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, which was combined with open/closed habitat data scored by taxonomic experts...
November 27, 2023: New Phytologist