Understanding how and why rates of evolutionary diversification vary is a key issue in
evolutionary biology, ecology, and biogeography. Evolutionary rates are the net result of …

… kouytchense x calycinum, NM Nürk 406 (GAT), HE653439; H. lagarocladum N.Robson, …
(BM), HE653548; Hypericum x moserianum Luquet & ex André, NM Nürk 409 (GAT), HE653551; …

The páramos, high-elevation Andean grasslands ranging from ca. 2800 m to the snow line,
harbor one of the fastest evolving biomes worldwide since their appearance in the northern …

… For Hypericum, the majority of New World species are woody shrubs (Nürk et al., 2013a),
but several (annual or perennial) herbaceous species occur in North and South America. In …

Background Our aim is to understand the evolution of species-rich plant groups that shifted
from tropical into cold/temperate biomes. It is well known that climate affects evolutionary …

… in total) as basal is in agreement with preliminary molecular analyses of the internal transcribed
spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA repeat (Mark Carine and Nicolai Nürk, …

Aim Tropical mountains around the world harbour an extraordinarily rich pool of plant species
and are hotspots of biodiversity. Climatically, they can be zoned into montane climates at …

Societal Impact Statement Human‐caused habitat destruction and transformation is resulting
in a cascade of impacts to biological diversity, of which arguably the most fundamental is …

Fungal infections represent a major and increasing threat to public health resulting in a
growing demand for new drugs. The genus Hypericum is a rich source of bioactive secondary …

The genus Urtica L. is subcosmopolitan, found on all continents (except Antarctica) and most
extratropical islands and ranges from Alaska to Patagonia, Spitzbergen to the Cape and …