Abstract Lilium ledebourii (Baker) Boiss is a rare species, which exhibits valuable traits.
However, before its genetic diversity and evolutionary were uncovered, its wild resources …

Introduction The chloroplast (cp) is an autonomous plant organelle with an individual
genome that encodes essential cellular functions. The genome architecture and gene …

Iris species, commonly known as rainbow flowers because of their attractive flowers, are
extensively grown in landscape gardens. A few species, including Belamcanda chinensis …

Polygonatum Miller belongs to the tribe Polygonateae of Asparagaceae. The horizontal
creeping fleshy roots of several species in this genus serve as traditional Chinese medicine …

Background Firmiana danxiaensis is a critically endangered and ecologically important tree
currently only found in four locations in Danxia or Karst habitats in northern Guangdong …

Machilus chuanchienensis is an ecological tree distributed in southwestern China. It has a
significant valuation with making Hawk tea using its leaves, an ethnic traditional tea-like …

Capirona (Calycophyllum spruceanum Benth.) belongs to subfamily Ixoroideae, one of the
major lineages in the Rubiaceae family, and is an important timber tree. It originated in the …

The genus Primula (Primulaceae) comprises more than 500 species, with 300 species
distributed in China. The contradictory results between systematic analyses and morphology …

Background Expansion and contraction of inverted repeats can cause considerable
variation of plastid genomes (plastomes) in angiosperms. However, little is known about …

Background: Cardamine flexuosa is considered to be two separate species in the
Cardamine genus based on their geographical distribution: European C. flexuosa and …