The Sorbus spp. are valuable plants, which have been used for ornamental purposes, in
traditional medicines and less seldom in foods. Recent studies have revealed different …

For nearly a century, biologists, and botanists in particular, have been interested in the
determination and documentation of chromosome numbers for extant taxa (reviewed in …

Despite previous efforts to elucidate relationships within the Pyreae (Rosaceae),
relationships among the major sub-lineages, generic limits, and divergence times have …

The important question of taxonomy and its impact on conservation efforts was brought to
general attention by Robert May in 1990 with a News and Views article in Nature entitled …

The relationship between polyploidy and breeding system is of critical importance for
understanding evolution and improving the taxonomy of large Rosaceous genera …

As a consequence of hybridization, polyploidization, and apomixis, the genus Cotoneaster
(Rosaceae) represents one of the most complicated and controversial lineages in …

Abstract Background and Aims Large-scale ploidy surveys using flow cytometry have
become an essential tool to study plant genome dynamics and to gain insight into the …

Maleae consists of economically and ecologically important plants. However, there are
considerable disputes on generic circumscription due to the lack of a reliable phylogeny at …

In this study, the antioxidant and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of Sorbus torminalis (L.)
Crantz fruits were evaluated. Total phenolic and flavonoid compounds, 2, 2′-azino-bis (3 …

Floras serve as the basic reference of the plant biota of an area; they are critical tools that
serve botanists, conservationists, ecologists, foresters, gardeners, agronomists, researchers …