Ancient DNA genomics and the renaissance of herbaria

HA Burbano, RM Gutaker - Science, 2023 - science.org
Herbaria are undergoing a renaissance as valuable sources of genomic data for exploring
plant evolution, ecology, and diversity. Ancient DNA retrieved from herbarium specimens …

Echoes of ancient introgression punctuate stable genomic lineages in the evolution of figs

EM Gardner, S Bruun-Lund… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Studies investigating the evolution of flowering plants have long focused on isolating
mechanisms such as pollinator specificity. Some recent studies have proposed a role for …

Floristic Composition, Structure, and Aboveground Biomass of the Moraceae Family in an Evergreen Andean Amazon Forest, Ecuador

W García-Cox, R López-Tobar, RJ Herrera-Feijoo… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current study determined the floristic composition, structure, and aboveground biomass
(AGB) of the individuals of the Moraceae family. This occurred in order to value them as a …

Phylogeny and Biogeography of Morus (Moraceae)

CX Yang, SY Liu, NJC Zerega, GW Stull, EM Gardner… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The mulberry genus, Morus L.(Moraceae), has long been taxonomically difficult, and its
species circumscription has only been defined recently. This genus comprises ca. 16 …

Comparison of chloroplast genomes and phylogenomics in the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae)

Z Zhang, DS Zhang, L Zou, CY Yao - PloS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Due to maternal inheritance and minimal rearrangement, the chloroplast genome is an
important genetic resource for evolutionary studies. However, the evolutionary dynamics …

Comparative and phylogenetic analyses of the chloroplast genome reveal the taxonomy of the Morus genus

Q Zeng, M Chen, S Wang, X Xu, T Li, Z Xiang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mulberry (genus Morus) is an economically important woody plant with an altered ploidy
level. The variable number of Morus species recognized by different studies indicates that …

Phylogenomic discordance suggests polytomies along the backbone of the large genus Solanum

E Gagnon, R Hilgenhof, A Orejuela… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Evolutionary studies require solid phylogenetic frameworks, but increased volumes
of phylogenomic data have revealed incongruent topologies among gene trees in many …

A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea

G Gosline, E Bidault, X van der Burgt, D Cahen… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea (CVPRG) is a
specimen-based, expert-validated knowledge product, which provides a concise synthesis …

Comparative analyses of plastomes in Allaeanthus and Malaisia: structure, evolution, and phylogeny

LN Zhou, LX Yuan, P Li, BL Wei, JR Lei, ZZ Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The small genera Allaeanthus and Malaisia within the Moraceae have important edible,
medicinal, and economic value. However, complete plastome blueprints and a well-resolved …

Brazilian Dorstenia species: Chemistry and biological activity

VL de Almeida, AF Silva, CG Silva, JMH Shaw… - Studies in Natural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The genus Dorstenia (Moraceae) includes c. 105 species worldwide, with c. 45 in
Central to South America, c. 60 in Africa and Arabia, and a single species in India and Sri …