Abstract Background Polystachya Hook. is a large pantropical orchid genus (c. 240 species)
distributed in Africa, southern Asia and the Americas, with the center of diversity in Africa …

Chloroplast biotechnology has emerged as a promissory platform for the development of
modified plants to express products aimed mainly at the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and …

Crape myrtles are economically important ornamental trees of the genus Lagerstroemia
L.(Lythraceae), with a distribution from tropical to northern temperate zones. They are …

The genus Allium is one of the largest monocotyledonous genera, containing over 850
species, and most of these species are found in temperate climates of the Northern …

Oryza minuta, a tetraploid wild relative of cultivated rice (family Poaceae), possesses a
BBCC genome and contains genes that confer resistance to bacterial blight (BB) and white …

Urophysa is a Chinese endemic genus comprising two species, Urophysa rockii and
Urophysa henryi. In this study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of …

Species of the genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae), commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are
often cultivated as non-food crops and garden ornamentals. In addition to the worldwide …

We investigated the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of non-model Arabidopsis halleri
ssp. gemmifera and Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. petraea using Illumina paired-end sequencing to …

Abstract Background Angelica L.(family Apiaceae) is an economically important genus
comprising ca. One hundred ten species. Angelica species are found on all continents of the …

Abstract Background The large genus Ficus comprises approximately 800 species, most of
which possess high ornamental and ecological values. However, its evolutionary history …