Plastid phylogenomic insights into the evolution of Caryophyllales

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 134; pp. 74 - 86
• Main Authors: Yao, Gang, Jin, Jian-Jun, Li, Hong-Tao, Yang, Jun-Bo, Mandala, Venkata Shiva, Croley, Matthew, Mostow, Rebecca, Douglas, Norman A., Chase, Mark W., Christenhusz, Maarten J.M., Soltis, Douglas E., Soltis, Pamela S., Smith, Stephen A., Brockington, Samuel F., Moore, Michael J., Yi, Ting-Shuang, Li, De-Zhu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2019
• Subjects: C4 photosynthesis; carnivores; Caryophyllales; Cretaceous period; ecophysiology; ecosystems; Gene loss; habitats; Molecular dating; Phylogenomics; phylogeny; Plastome; Rapid radiation; Substitution rate; Gene loss; Plastome; Rapid radiation; Caryophyllales; Substitution rate; Molecular dating; Phylogenomics; gene loss; plastome; substitution rate; molecular dating; rapid radiation; phylogenomics

[Display omitted] •Plastomes of 95 species (80 genera) within Caryophyllales were newly sequenced.•The deep-level relationships of Caryophyllales were resolved.•A fossil-calibrated chronogram with Caryophyllales-wide sampling is provided.•A rapid radiation of Caryophyllales in the mid-Cretaceous was...