Alexandre Rizzo Zuntini

Why woodiness repeatedly evolves--and disappears

The paper investigates the evolution and reversal of woodiness in flowering plants, finding that drought supports persistence while reduced frost drives gains and increased frost leads to loss.

Integrating lineage-specific and universal genomic probes illuminates phylogenetic relationships and molecular evolution in Sauvagesieae (Ochnaceae)

The paper uses dual-hybridisation probes to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships in Sauvagesieae, finding evidence of polyploidisation and hybridisation affecting tree resolution.

A novel phylogenomics pipeline reveals extensive topological conflict in the evolution of the angiosperm order Cucurbitales

The paper introduces CAPTUS, a phylogenomics pipeline that efficiently handles mixed sequencing data, revealing topological conflicts in the evolution of Cucurbitales.

A large phylogenetic tree for euphyllophytes

The paper constructs the largest dated phylogenetic tree for euphyllophytes by integrating backbone phylogenies and species-level trees, revealing increased topological and age estimation uncertainty in recent times.

Trait-dependent diversification and spatio-ecological limits drive angiosperm diversity unevenness across the Canary Islands archipelago

The paper investigates factors driving uneven angiosperm diversity in the Canary Islands, finding trait-dependent diversification and spatio-ecological limits are key, not lineage age.

Nuclear phylogenomics of grasses (Poaceae) supports current classification and reveals repeated reticulation

This study constructs a nuclear phylogeny of grasses using genome-scale data, showing agreement with plastome phylogeny and evidence for repeated reticulation events.