Oaks (Quercus) comprise more than 400 species worldwide and centres of diversity for most
sections lie in the Americas and East/Southeast Asia. The only exception is the Eurasian …

Phylogenetic relationships among species of Quercus (oaks) from western Eurasia including
the western part of the Himalayas are examined for the first time. Based on ITS and 5S–IGS …

Nucleotide sequences from the plastome are currently the main source for assessing
taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships in flowering plants and their historical …

The Caucasus region is one of the 25 global biodiversity hotspots and constitutes a shelter
area for Neogene relict species as well as a center of ongoing radiation. In order to elucidate …

Quercus mongolica is a tree found in temperate deciduous forests in east Asia. In Japan, Q.
mongolica var. crispula is commonly found; moreover, an oak whose morphology is similar …

Available knowledge on the European white oaks (Quercus, sect. Quercus) plastome still
exhibits large gaps, mostly in respect of detailed phylogeny and information from southern …

The complex evolutionary history of Quercus suber has been throughly investigated in many
recent works, but the details of its differentiation processes are still largely unknown. In …

Systematic relationships of the two most widespread oaks in Armenia, Quercus iberica M.
Bieb. and Quercus macranthera ssp. macranthera Fisch. & Mey. ex Hohen.(Fagaceae), were …

The nature and timing of evolution of niche differentiation among closely related species
remains an important question in ecology and evolution. The American live oak clade …

Introduction The study of phenotypic and genetic differentiation between incipient species or
species that have recently diverged provides insights into the evolutionary history of species …