New Advances in Caryophyllaceae Systematics

Molecular systematics and character evolution in Caryophyllaceae

The aim of the present study was to infer a substantially larger, more evenly sampled, phylogenetic tree for Caryophyllaceae in order to more confidently resolve relationships within this clade. This would allow us to evaluate previous classification schemes and to infer the evolution of a number of characters that have figured prominently in higher-level taxonomic treatments. We have inferred ...

Systematics in Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae) – Taxonomy and Phylogenetic patterns

New combinations in Odontostemma (Caryophyllaceae)

Sixty-three new combinations in Odontostemma (Alsineae, Caryophyllaceae) are made to accommodate placement of all currently recognized taxa of Arenaria subg. Odontostemma within the genus Odontostemma.

Advances in freshwater decapod systematics and biology

Freshwater habitats of the Caribbean island Jamaica are unique, in so far that they are not inhabited by freshwater Decapoda Reptantia with a long evolutionary history in fresh water, like crayfish or old lineages of freshwater crabs. Instead, a relatively young invasion and radiation of originally coastal crabs from the family Sesarmidae took place, resulting in currently ten endemic sesarmid ...

A new Pattern Systematics

Software patterns are a great aid in designing the architecture of application systems. They provide standard solutions for frequently occuring problems. This paper introduces a new schema for systematizing patterns. It arose from firstly, the investigation of a whole spectrum of different patterns and secondly, the application of the principles of human thinking to the classification of these ...