Paraboea (Gesneriaceae) distributed in the karst areas of South and Southwest China and
Southeast Asia, is an ideal genus to study the phylogeny and adaptive evolution of karst …

Trollius, a genus in the Ranunculaceae family, has significant medicinal and ornamental
value. It is widely distributed in China with 16 different species accepted. However, due to …

The genus Campylotropis Bunge (Desmodieae, Papilionoideae) comprises about 37
species distributed in temperate and tropical Asia. Despite the great potential in soil …

Phylogenetic signal (PS) is the propensity of closely related species to resemble each other.
PS has been tested across clades of terrestrial plants; however, insight for seagrasses is still …

Crocus istanbulensis (B. Mathew) Rukšāns is one of the most endangered Crocus species
in the world and has an extremely limited distribution range in Istanbul. Our recent field work …

Artemisia argyi Levl. et Van is an important Asteraceae species with a high medicinal value.
There are abundant A. argyi germplasm resources in Asia, especially in China, but the …

Mulberry (genus Morus) is an economically important woody plant with an altered ploidy
level. The variable number of Morus species recognized by different studies indicates that …

Introduction Indigofera L. is the third largest genus in Fabaceae and includes economically
important species that are used for indigo dye-producing, medicinal, ornamental, and soil …

Background Seagrasses are higher marine flowering plants that evolved from terrestrial
plants, but returned to the sea during the early evolution of monocotyledons through several …

Abstract Background The Begonia species are common shade plants that are mostly found
in southwest China. They have not been well studied despite their medicinal and decorative …