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Volume 57 Issue 6
Special issue: Advances in Biogeography in the Age of a New Modern Synthesis
Cover illustration: The megadiverse Carex (Cyperaceae) ranks among the five largest angiosperm genera globally, with about 2000 species. The authors investigated macroevolutionary biogeographic and lineage diversification history in the genus using a global phylogenetic sampling comprising 66% of accepted species. The study suggests that there may not be just one answer to the question, why are there so many sedges? Instead, it demonstrates that multiple causes may underlie the remarkable evolutionary success of Carex: ecological opportunity, geographic transitions and/or increased rates of chromosome evolution. In this way, Carex has colonized almost the entire planet, achieving great taxonomic and ecological diversity while maintaining morphological coherence as a genus. Photographs by M. Luce?o and M. Waterway. Designed by P. Jiménez-Mejías & S. Martín-Bravo. See S. Martín-Bravo, P. Jiménez-Mejías et al., pp. 695-718 in this issue. [Detail] ...
Editors-in-Chief
Song Ge
Jun Wen
Song Ge
Jun Wen
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Journal Abbreviation: J Syst Evol
CN: 11-5779/Q
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Journal Abbreviation: J Syst Evol
ISSN: | 1674-4918 (Print) 1759-6831 (Online) |
Frequency: Bi-monthly

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