OPUS: Lamiales - a synthesis of phylogeny, biology, biogeography, and classification

唇形科植物是全球重要的，占所有已知开花植物的8%。这一组包括许多经济上重要的物种，如薄荷，橄榄，芝麻，茉莉花和许多园艺上重要的植物。在这个项目中，Olmstead博士将综合他的实验室25年来对这个大型且全球多样化的开花植物群的进化和系统学的研究。他还将整合这些植物的大量文献，从形态学，解剖学，细胞学，化学，分类学，古生物学和生态学研究。 该项目将使用来自公开数据库（GenBank）的数据生成系统发育树，并采用新的计算技术，以适应对约22，000个Lamiales物种的非常大的数据集的进化关系进行分析。奥姆斯特德博士还将编写一本关于这一群体目前知识状况的书。 在过去的二十年里，特别是在唇形科植物中，发现的速度很快，这意味着普通的植物学参考著作已经过时了。这使得研究人员、教育工作者、农业科学家和其他人很难找到关于这一组植物多样性的一系列主题的准确信息。这项研究产生的大规模进化树将使人们能够更深入地了解一个全球重要植物群体的多样性，汇编有关唇形科植物的文献将使研究人员、种植者和教育工作者能够概述这一群体的多样性和生物学，并为那些想要更深入了解的人提供文献。

The plant group Lamiales is globally important, representing 8% of all known flowering plants. The group includes numerous species of economic importance such as the mints, olives, sesame, jasmine, and many horticulturally important plants. In this project, Dr. Olmstead will synthesize 25 years of research in his lab on the evolution and systematics of this large and globally diverse flowering plant group. He will also integrate the extensive literature on these plants from research into their morphology, anatomy, cytology, chemistry, taxonomy, paleontology, and ecology. The project will produce a phylogenetic tree that will use data from publicly available databases (GenBank) and employ new computational techniques to accommodate the analysis of evolutionary relationships in the very large datasets of the ~22,000 Lamiales species. Dr. Olmstead will also produce a book on the present state of knowledge on this group. The rapid pace of discovery over the past two decades, particularly in the Lamiales, has meant that common botanical reference works are out of date. This has made it difficult for researchers, educators, agricultural scientists, and others to find accurate information on a range of topics for the diversity of plants in this group. The large-scale evolutionary tree produced by this research will permit a more thorough understanding of the diversification of a globally important plant group, and compiling the literature on Lamiales will permit researchers, growers and educators both an overview of the diversity and biology of this group and entrée into the literature for those who want a deeper understanding.