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Compositae Systematics
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Extremely low nucleotide diversity among thirty-six new chloroplast genome sequences from Aldama (Heliantheae, Asteraceae) and comparative chloroplast genomics analyses with closely related genera
Aldama (Heliantheae, Asteraceae) is a diverse genus in the sunflower family. To date, nearly 200 Asteraceae chloroplast genomes have …
Benoit Loeuille, Verônica Thode, Carolina Siniscalchi, Sonia Andrade, Magdalena Rossi, José Rubens Pirani
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An empirical assessment of a single family-wide hybrid capture locus set at multiple evolutionary timescales in Asteraceae
Premise: Hybrid capture with high-throughput sequencing (Hyb-Seq) is a powerful tool for evolutionary studies. The applicability of an …
Katy E Jones, Tomáš Fér, Roswitha E Schmickl, Rebecca B Dikow, Vicki A Funk, Sonia Herrando-Moraira, Paul R Johnston, Norbert Kilian, Carolina M Siniscalchi, Alfonso Susanna, Marek Slovák, Ramhari Thapa, Linda E Watson, Jennifer R Mandel
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Phylogenomics Yields New Insight Into Relationships Within Vernonieae (Asteraceae)
Asteraceae, or the sunflower family, is the largest family of flowering plants and is usually considered difficult to work with, not …
Carolina M Siniscalchi, Benoit Loeuille, Vicki A Funk, Jennifer R Mandel, José R Pirani
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A fully resolved backbone phylogeny reveals numerous dispersals and explosive diversifications throughout the history of Asteraceae
The sunflower family, Asteraceae, comprises 10% of all flowering plant species and displays an incredible diversity of form. Asteraceae …
Jennifer R Mandel, Rebecca B Dikow, Carolina M Siniscalchi, Ramhari Thapa, Linda E Watson, Vicki A Funk
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Chresta artemisiifolia (Vernonieae, Asteraceae), a new endangered species from a recently created protected area in the Brazilian Caatinga
Chresta artemisiifolia, a new species from northern Bahia, is described and illustrated. This species occurs on rock outcrops amidst …
Carolina M Siniscalchi, Benoit Loeuille, José Alves de Siqueira Filho, José R Pirani
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Two New Rupicolous Species of Chresta (Asteraceae, Vernonieae) from the Brazilian Caatinga
Two new rupicolous and endangered species from the Caatinga are described and illustrated. Chresta heteropappa is restricted to the …
Carolina M Siniscalchi, Benoit Loeuille, José Rubens Pirani
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The systematic value of pollen morphology in Chresta Vell. ex DC. (Vernonieae, Asteraceae)
Chresta encompasses 15 species of Compositae, mostly restricted to the Brazilian Cerrado and Caatinga. Previous taxonomic studies have …
Carolina M Siniscalchi, Raquel M B Souza-Souza, Benoı̂t Loeuille, José Rubens Pirani, Vania Gon ̧calves-Esteves
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Lychnophora spiciformis (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil
Lychnophora spiciformis , a new species from Brazil, is here described and illustrated. The new species is endemic to the Chapada …
Carolina Moriani Siniscalchi, Benoı̂t Loeuille, João Semir, José Rubens Pirani
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A new species of Chresta (Vernonieae, Asteraceae) endemic to the Mata Atlântica Domain, Brazil
Chresta filicifolia is described and illustrated. It is a perennial herb known only from open vegetation on top of small rock outcrops …
Carolina Moriani Siniscalchi, Benoit Francis Patrice Loeuille, José Rubens Pirani
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