Sustainable goals for contemporary world seek viable solutions for interconnected
challenges, particularly in the fields of food and energy security and climate change. We …

Abstract Background The genus Ligusticum consists of approximately 60 species distributed
in the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the most taxonomically difficult taxa within Apiaceae …

Analysis of the relationships among wild species of section Moutan in the plant genus
Paeonia has traditionally been problematic. Interspecies relationships cannot be effectively …

Plantago ovata (Plantaginaceae) is an economically and medicinally important species,
however, least is known about its genomics and evolution. Here, we report the first complete …

Background Molecular research revealed that some of the European Calypogeia species
described on the basis of morphological criteria are genetically heterogeneous and, in fact …

Pinus L. is the largest genus of conifers and provides a classical model for studying species
divergence and phylogenetic evolution by gymnosperms. However, our poor understanding …

In Poaceae there is an evolutionary radiation of c. 5000 species called the
'PACMAD'grasses. Two hypotheses explain deep PACMAD relationships: the 'aristidoid …

Aquilaria tree species are naturally distributed in the Indomalesian region and are protected
against over-exploitation. They produce a fragrant non-timber product of high economic …

Abstract The Bambusa-Dendrocalamus-Gigantochloa complex (BDG complex) is the most
diversified and phylogenetically recalcitrant group of the paleotropical woody bamboos …

Plastid genomes (plastomes) of land plants have a conserved quadripartite structure in a
gene-dense unit genome consisting of a large inverted repeat that separates two single …