Systematics

Blüten von Marcgravia caudata (© J. Schönenberger)

Flowers of Marcgravia caudata (© J. Schönenberger)

Phylogenetic analyses allow us to assess evolutionary relatedness among taxa based on comparative molecular and structural data. The resulting phylogenetic hypotheses are important tools that help us to better understand the diversity and evolutionary history of particular structural features and character complexes that we observe in our study objects.