Due to its unique geological history and isolated location, the Hawaiian Archipelago
provides an ideal setting for studies on biogeography, phylogeny and population biology …

Peat mosses (Sphagnum) hold exceptional importance in the control of global carbon fluxes
and climate because of the vast stores of carbon bound up in partially decomposed biomass …

Widespread geographic distributions in lichens have been usually explained by the high
dispersal capacity of their tiny diaspores. However, recent phylogenetic surveys have …

Aim Phylogenetic studies concerning island biogeography have been concentrated in a
fraction of the numerous hot‐spot archipelagos contained within the Pacific Ocean. In this …

The internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) of nuclear ribosomal DNA were amplified
and sequenced from 19 samples representing all species of the genus Mercurialis and two …

Viola elatior, V. pumila and V. stagnina (syn. V. persicifolia) are very rare in central and
western Europe and red-listed in many central European countries. To improve their …

Since the review of the reproductive biology of island plants by Ehrendorfer (1979) three
decades ago, there has been a veritable explosion of studies on plants of oceanic islands …

Premise of research. The transition from herbaceous annual to woody perennial has
occurred numerous times during angiosperm evolution, but the suite of genetic changes that …

Hotspot archipelagoes provide exceptional models for the study of the evolutionary process,
due to the effects of isolation and topographical diversity in inducing the formation of unique …

Background DNA-dependent RNA polymerase IV and V (Pol IV and V) are multi-subunit
enzymes occurring in plants. The origin of Pol V, specific to angiosperms, from Pol IV, which …