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Do pollinator distributions underlie the evolution of pollination ecotypes in the Cape shrub Erica plukenetii? by Van der Niet, Timotheüs, Pirie, Michael D, Shuttleworth, Adam, Johnson, Steven D, Midgley, Jeremy J

“…Background and AimsAccording to the Grant–Stebbins model of pollinator-driven divergence, plants that disperse beyond the range of their specialized pollinator…”
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A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics by CHATROU, LARS W., PIRIE, MICHAEL D., ERKENS, ROY H. J., COUVREUR, THOMAS L. P., NEUBIG, KURT M., ABBOTT, J. RICHARD, MOLS, JOHAN B., MAAS, JAN W., SAUNDERS, RICHARD M. K., CHASE, MARK W.

“…The pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae is the most species‐rich family of Magnoliales. Despite long‐standing interest in the systematics of…”
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Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names by Nelson, E Charles, Oliver, E G H, Pirie, Michael D

“…In support of ongoing taxonomic work on the large and complex flowering plant genus (Ericaceae), we document nineteen pairs of homonyms representing currently…”
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Targeted NGS for species level phylogenomics: "made to measure" or "one size fits all"? by Kadlec, Malvina, Bellstedt, Dirk U, Le Maitre, Nicholas C, Pirie, Michael D

“…Targeted high-throughput sequencing using hybrid-enrichment offers a promising source of data for inferring multiple, meaningfully resolved, independent gene…”
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Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica by Pirie, Michael D, Kandziora, Martha, Nürk, Nicolai M, Le Maitre, Nicholas C, Mugrabi de Kuppler, Ana, Gehrke, Berit, Oliver, Edward G H, Bellstedt, Dirk U

“…The coincidence of long distance dispersal (LDD) and biome shift is assumed to be the result of a multifaceted interplay between geographical distance and…”
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Phylogenomic analysis reveals deep divergence and recombination in an economically important grapevine virus by Maree, Hans J, Pirie, Michael D, Oosthuizen, Kristin, Bester, Rachelle, Rees, D Jasper G, Burger, Johan T

“…The evolutionary history of the exclusively grapevine (Vitis spp.) infecting, grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) has not been studied extensively,…”
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Evolution of leaf anatomy in arid environments – A case study in southern African Tetraena and Roepera (Zygophyllaceae) by Lauterbach, Maximilian, van der Merwe, Pieter de Wet, Keßler, Lisa, Pirie, Michael D., Bellstedt, Dirk U., Kadereit, Gudrun

“…[Display omitted] •Both Roepera and Tetraena show considerable variability in the leaf anatomy.•Tetraena shows niche conservatism, mostly restricted to arid…”
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Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature by Nelson, E Charles, Pirie, Michael D, Bellstedt, Dirk U

“…The megagenus L. (Ericaceae), as it is recognised today, includes 851 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees, the majority of which are endemic to the Cape…”
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Diversification in evolutionary arenas—Assessment and synthesis by Nürk, Nicolai M., Linder, H. Peter, Onstein, Renske E., Larcombe, Matthew J., Hughes, Colin E., Piñeiro Fernández, Laura, Schlüter, Philipp M., Valente, Luis, Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Cutts, Vanessa, Donoghue, Michael J., Edwards, Erika J., Field, Richard, Flantua, Suzette G. A., Higgins, Steven I., Jentsch, Anke, Liede‐Schumann, Sigrid, Pirie, Michael D.

“…Understanding how and why rates of evolutionary diversification vary is a key issue in evolutionary biology, ecology, and biogeography. Evolutionary rates are…”
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Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online by Elliott, Alan C, Bester, Stoffel P, Klopper, Ronell R, Nelson, E Charles, Pirie, Michael D

“…To support the work of the Global Conservation Consortium for and update the checklist in the World Flora Online (WFO), we have curated the taxonomic backbone…”
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Genus Erica : An identification aid version 4.00 by Oliver, E G H, Forshaw, Nigel, Oliver, Inge M, Volk, Fritz, Schumann, A W S, Dorr, Laurence J, Hoekstra, Rendert D, Musker, Seth D, Nürk, Nicolai M, Pirie, Michael D, Rebelo, Anthony G

“…Species identification is fundamental to all aspects of biology and conservation. The process can be challenging, particularly in groups including many closely…”
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Spatial decoupling of taxon richness, phylogenetic diversity and threat status in the megagenus Erica (Ericaceae) by Pirie, Michael D, Bellstedt, Dirk U, Bouman, Roderick W, Fagúndez, Jaime, Gehrke, Berit, Kandziora, Martha, Le Maitre, Nicholas C, Musker, Seth D, Newman, Ethan, Nürk, Nicolai M, Oliver, E G H, Pipins, Sebastian, van der Niet, Timotheus, Forest, Félix

“…Estimates of the number of vascular plant species currently under threat of extinction are shockingly high, with the highest extinction rates reported for…”
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Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica by Pirie, Michael D., Blackhall‐Miles, Robbie, Bourke, Greg, Crowley, Dan, Ebrahim, Ismail, Forest, Félix, Knaack, Michael, Koopman, Rupert, Lansdowne, Alex, Nürk, Nicolai M., Osborne, Jo, Pearce, Timothy R., Rohrauer, Daniel, Smit, Martin, Wilman, Victoria

“…Societal Impact Statement Human‐caused habitat destruction and transformation is resulting in a cascade of impacts to biological diversity, of which arguably…”
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An approach to identify putative hybrids in the ‘coalescent stochasticity zone’, as exemplified in the African plant genus Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) by Villiers, Margaret J., Pirie, Michael D., Hughes, Mark, Möller, Michael, Edwards, Trevor J., Bellstedt, Dirk U.

“…The inference of phylogenetic relationships is often complicated by differing evolutionary histories of independently-inherited markers. The causes of the…”
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A broader model for C4 photosynthesis evolution in plants inferred from the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae s.s.) by Kadereit, Gudrun, Ackerly, David, Pirie, Michael D.

“…C4 photosynthesis is a fascinating example of parallel evolution of a complex trait involving multiple genetic, biochemical and anatomical changes. It is seen…”
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Parallel diversifications of Cremastosperma and Mosannona (Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of South America by Pirie, Michael D., Maas, Paul J. M., Wilschut, Rutger A., Melchers-Sharrott, Heleen, Chatrou, Lars W.

“…Much of the immense present day biological diversity of Neotropical rainforests originated from the Miocene onwards, a period of geological and ecological…”
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The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated by Kandziora, Martha, Gehrke, Berit, Popp, Magnus, Gizaw, Abel, Brochmann, Christian, Pirie, Michael D

“…SignificanceResilience is required to withstand or mitigate the effect of human-induced climate change. Today whole ecosystems are affected by climate change,…”
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A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Cremastosperma (Annonaceae), including five new species by Pirie, Michael D, Chatrou, Lars W, Maas, Paul J M

“…We present a taxonomic revision of , a genus of Neotropical Annonaceae occurring in lowland to premontane wet forest, mostly in areas surrounding the Andean…”
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The evolution of dwarf shrubs in alpine environments: a case study of Alchemilla in Africa by Gehrke, Berit, Kandziora, Martha, Pirie, Michael D.

“…Alpine and arctic environments worldwide, including high mountains, are dominated by short-stature woody plants (dwarf shrubs). This conspicuous life form…”
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Pollinator shifts despite hybridisation in the Cape's hyperdiverse heathers (Erica, Ericaceae) by Musker, Seth D., Pirie, Michael D., Nürk, Nicolai M.

“…Interrogating the ecological and geographic factors that influence population divergence dynamics can reveal why some groups of organisms diversify more…”
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