The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

The holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is the dominant tree species of the Mediterranean forest and
the Spanish agrosilvopastoral ecosystem,“dehesa.” It has been, since the prehistoric period …

Taxonomy relies greatly on morphology to discriminate groups. Computerized geometric
morphometric methods for quantitative shape analysis measure, test and visualize …

Plastid phylogenomic analyses have shed light on many recalcitrant relationships across the
angiosperm Tree of Life and continue to play an important role in plant phylogenetics …

Sympatric hybridizing oak species provide a model system for studying local adaptation.
Disjunct populations of Quercus rubra L. and Quercus ellipsoidalis EJ Hill at the northern …

Nucleotide sequences from the plastome are currently the main source for assessing
taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships in flowering plants and their historical …

Ecological character displacement (ECD) refers to a pattern of increased divergence at sites
where species ranges overlap caused by competition for resources. Although ECD is …

Owing to high rates of introgressive hybridization, the plastid genome is poorly suited to fine-
scale DNA barcoding and phylogenetic studies of the oak genus (Quercus, Fagaceae). At …

Multiplex PCR is a fast and cost‐effective technique allowing increased genotyping
throughput of microsatellites. We developed two multiplexes for Quercus petraea and Q …

Key message Geometric morphometric analyses (GMMs) of the leaf shape can distinguish
two congeneric oak species Quercus dentata Thunberg and Quercus aliena Blume in …