Subfamily Hyacinthoideae (Hyacinthaceae) comprises more than 400 species, which show distjunct distribution patterns. Ali et al. use dispersal-vicariance and Bayesian binary MCMC analyses to determine that Hyacinthoideae originated in sub-Saharan Africa. The results suggest a bimodal distribution pattern with sub-Saharan Africa as the primary centre of diversity and the Mediterranean region is the secondary centre. Sub-Saharan [...]

Molecular phylogenetics of Ruscaceae Previous phylogenetics studies of the monocot order Asparagales, although extensive and generally well supported, have left several sets of taxa unclearly placed and have not addressed all relationships within certain clades thoroughly. Kim et al. collect a totally new set of data for a large sampling of species and find that [...]