Tropical alpine floras are renowned for high endemism, spectacular giant rosette plants
testifying to convergent adaptation to harsh climates with nightly frosts, and recruitment …

A major challenge in phylogenetics and -genomics is to resolve young rapidly radiating
groups. The fast succession of species increases the probability of incomplete lineage sorting (…

Background The disproportionate species richness of the world’s biodiversity hotspots could
be explained by low extinction (the evolutionary “museum”) and/or high speciation (the “hot-…

The monumental work of Olov Hedberg provided deep insights into the spectacular and
fragmented tropical alpine flora of the African sky islands. Here we review recent molecular and …

This paper reports a phylogeny of the African killifishes (Genus Nothobranchius, Order
Cyprinodontiformes) informed by five genetic markers (three nuclear, two mitochondrial) of 79 …

The analysis of target enrichment data in phylogenetics lacks optimization toward using
paralogues for phylogenetic reconstruction. We developed a novel approach of detecting …

Background and Aims Alpine and arctic environments worldwide, including high mountains,
are dominated by short-stature woody plants (dwarf shrubs). This conspicuous life form …

The Afromontane and Afroalpine areas constitute some of the main biodiversity hotspots of
Africa. They are particularly rich in plant endemics, but the biogeographic origins and …

Alpine plant radiations are common across all major mountain systems of the world, and have
been regarded as the main explanation for the species diversity found within these areas. …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Floras of continental habitat islands, like those of islands, originate
mostly through colonization, which can be followed by in situ speciation. We here address …