John G. Conran

TL;DR: This study represents the most comprehensively sampled matrix of plastomes assembled for monocot angiosperms, providing genome-scale support for phylogenetic relationships of monocots, and lays the phylogenetic groundwork for comparative analyses of the drivers and correlates of such drastic differences in substitution rates across a diverse and significant clade.

TL;DR: The family Hydatellaceae was recently reassigned to the early-divergent angiosperm order Nymphaeales rather than the monocot order Poales, and several hypotheses on the homologies of reproductive units in Hy datellaceae are explored.

TL;DR: Cumulative analyses of genes ranked by decreasing numbers of informative characters indicated continued fluctuation in support, even as small genes were added to a nearly complete matrix, contrary to the expected pattern of stabilization in support.

TL;DR: The distinctive, raised tetra- to cyclocytic stomatal subsidiary cells of Earina and characteristic papilla-like absorbing glands and "ringed" guard cells of Dendrobium support the placement of the fossils into these genera, and demonstrate expansion of epiphytic orchids into Zealandia by the mid-Cenozoic and an important role for southern continents in the diversification of Orchidaceae.

TL;DR: Paula J. Rudall, Kate L. Stobart, Wan-Pyo Hong, J.G. Conran, C.A. Furness, G.C. Kite and Mark W. Chase