The Leguminosae, the third–largest angiosperm family, has a global distribution and high
ecological and economic impor tance. We examine how the legume systematic research …

The paper reviews the current state of low and single copy nuclear markers that have been
applied successfully in plant phylogenetics to date, and discusses case studies highlighting …

The growth of phylogenetic trees in scope and in size is promising from the standpoint of
understanding a wide variety of evolutionary patterns and processes. With trees comprised …

Compensatory base changes (CBCs) in internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) rDNA
secondary structures correlate with Ernst Mayr's biological species concept. This hypothesis …

An ideal DNA barcoding region should be short enough to be amplified from degraded DNA.
In this paper, we discuss the possibility of using a short nuclear DNA sequence as a barcode …

Crocus consists of about 100 species distributed from western Europe and northern Africa to
western China, with the center of diversity on the Balkan Peninsula and in Asia Minor. Our …

Phylogenetic relationships of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba were examined using 148 taxa
and four molecular markers: nuclear nrITS, ncpGS, cp trnL-F, and ndhF. Relationships of …

Background DNA barcoding as a tool for species identification has been successful in
animals and other organisms, including certain groups of plants. The exploration of this new …

The definition of species plays a pivotal role in biology. It has been proposed that
Compensatory Base Changes (CBCs) in the fast-evolving Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 …

Medicinal plants of the Panax genus belonging to Araliaceae family are well-known, rare
plants used as tonics in traditional Chinese medicine and have been described in the …