A densely sampled plastid phylogeny resolves major grass lineages and maps multiple C4 origins onto that tree; it does not date the Poaceae fossil first appearance or imply one ancestral C4 transition.
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References / paperNew grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins
Grass Phylogeny Working Group II
Year2012
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03972.x
Fitness and scope
taxonomy · topology · event-mechanism
Plastid phylogeny of sampled grasses with mapped C4 origins; it is not a fossil range or a literal ancestor series.
Claim ledger
The sampled plastid phylogeny resolves major grass lineages and maps multiple C4 origins, but its reconstructed topology does not date Poaceae or imply one ancestral C4 transition.
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