The plastome of land plants is often considered to be highly conserved in sequence,
structure, and content. This is particularly true for nonvascular land plants, for which few …

This review bridges functional and evolutionary aspects of plastid chromosome architecture
in land plants and their putative ancestors. We provide an overview on the structure and …

More than 190 plastid genomes have been completely sequenced during the past two
decades due to advances in DNA sequencing technologies. Based on this unprecedented …

Background Camellia is an economically and phylogenetically important genus in the family
Theaceae. Owing to numerous hybridization and polyploidization, it is taxonomically and …

Background Cymbidium orchids, including some 50 species, are the famous flowers, and
they possess high commercial value in the floricultural industry. Furthermore, the values of …

Geraniaceae plastid genomes (plastomes) have experienced a remarkable number of
genomic changes. The plastomes of Erodium texanum, Geranium palmatum, and Monsonia …

Epimedium L. is a phylogenetically and economically important genus in the family
Berberidaceae. We here sequenced the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of four …

Background Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), a member of Arecaceae family, is one of the
three major economically important woody palms—the two other palms being oil palm and …

Byrsonima is the third largest genus (about 200 species) in the Malpighiaceae family, and
one of the most common in Brazilian savannas. However, there is no molecular phylogeny …

Background Camellia, comprising more than 200 species, is a valuable economic
commodity due to its enormously popular commercial products: tea leaves, flowers, and high …