Sorbus L. sensu lato (Rosaceae family) comprises over 250 trees and shrubs growing in the
Northern Hemisphere. Several Sorbus species have found their way into traditonal materia …

Tree species of Eurasian broadleaved forest possess two divergent trait syndromes with
contrasting patterns of resource allocation adapted to different selection environments: short …

Abstract Background Sorbus sensu stricto (Sorbus ss) is a genus with important economical
values because of its beautiful leaves, and flowers and especially the colorful fruits. It …

Aim Due to the sessile nature of flowering plants, movements to new geographical areas
occur mainly during seed dispersal. Frugivores tend to be efficient dispersers because …

As a consequence of hybridization, polyploidization, and apomixis, the genus Cotoneaster
(Rosaceae) represents one of the most complicated and controversial lineages in …

The leaves and fruits of various Sorbus L. genotypes have long ethnopharmacological and
food-usage histories, but inflorescences are still underutilized and neglected materials with …

Cherries (subg. Cerasus) belong to Prunus sl (Rosaceae) and are widely distributed in
temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Given its ornamental and …

Several genera formerly contained within the genus Sorbus L. sensu lato have been
proposed as separate taxa, including Aria, Chamaemespilus and Torminalis. However …

Until recently, classification of Crataegus (Maleae, Rosaceae) has been mostly based on
morphological data. Phenetic and cladistic approaches allowed taxonomists to establish …

Although the Holarctic fauna has been explored for centuries, many questions on its
formation are still unanswered. For example, i) what was the impact of the uplift of the …