Orchidaceae show remarkable diversity in pollination strategies, but how these strategies
vary globally is not entirely clear. To identify regions and taxa that are data-rich and lend …

Abstract Conventional Sanger Sequencing for authentication of herbal products is difficult
since they are mixture of herbs with fragmented DNA. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) …

Adaptive radiations occur mostly in response to environmental variation through the
evolution of key innovations that allow emerging species to occupy new ecological niches …

Disentangling phylogenetic relationships proves challenging for groups that have evolved
recently, especially if there is ongoing reticulation. Although they are in most cases …

PREMISE The inference of evolutionary relationships in the species‐rich family Orchidaceae
has hitherto relied heavily on plastid DNA sequences and limited taxon sampling. Previous …

Phylogenetic analyses using diverse datasets can yield conflicting inference of evolutionary
history. Phylogenetic conflicts observed in both animal and plant systems have often been …

Simple Summary Our frequently deployed approach to optimally circumscribing species
requires large-scale field sampling within and between populations for large numbers of …

Abstract Background and Aims The terrestrial orchid genus Epipactis has become a model
system for the study of speciation via transitions from allogamy to autogamy, but close …

The orchids (Orchidaceae) constitute one of the largest and most diverse families of
flowering plants. They have evolved a great variety of adaptations to achieve pollination by a …

The orchid genus Ophrys is a textbook example of a taxonomic controversy, with the number
of species recognised in different classifications varying from around 10 to over 350, causing …