Abstract Background Selenium (Se) is an essential mineral element for animals and
humans, which they acquire largely from plants. The Se concentration in edible plants is …

Parasitic plants thrive by infecting other plants. Flowering plants evolved parasitism
independently at least 12 times, in all cases developing a unique multicellular organ called …

Phylogeny has long informed pteridophyte classification. As our ability to infer evolutionary
trees has improved, classifications aimed at recognizing natural groups have become …

An updated inventory of the native vascular plants of Mexico records 23,314 species,
distributed in 2,854 genera, 297 families, and 73 orders. The flora includes 1,039 species of …

Root, stem and leaf traits are thought to be functionally coordinated to maximize the
efficiency of acquiring and using limited resources. However, evidence is mixed for …

Abstract Background The Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo in Georgian language) is part of
the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, and human agricultural plant use dates bat at least 6000 …

Seasonally dry tropical forests are distributed across Latin America and the Caribbean and
are highly threatened, with less than 10% of their original extent remaining in many …

Aims The aim of this article is 3-fold. First, we present an updated version of a published
megaphylogeny of vascular plants that can be used in studies of plant ecology and …

Nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes make up the largest plant
disease resistance gene family (R genes), with hundreds of copies occurring in individual …

The mechanisms by which flowering plants choose their mating partners have interested
researchers for a long time. Recent findings on the molecular mechanisms of non-self …