The past couple of decades have witnessed global resurgence of herbal‐based health care.
As a result, the trade of raw drugs has surged globally. Accurate and fast scientific …

DNA barcoding is currently an effective and widely used tool that enables rapid and
accurate identification of plant species. The Orchidaceae is the second largest family of …

Systematics plays the most crucial role in biodiversity conservation which is at stake due to
anthropogenic activities and environmental degradations. The ever-increasing decline of …

The genus Dalbergia contains many valuable timber species threatened by illegal logging
and deforestation, but knowledge on distributions and threats is often limited and accurate …

Background Jewel orchid is the common name of several orchid species which can be alike
in morphological characteristics, but variable in medicinal properties. At present, two DNA …

Growing popularity of herbal medicine has increased the demand of medicinal orchids in the
global markets leading to their overharvesting from natural habitats for illegal trade. To stop …

Molecular DNA barcoding combined with botanical taxonomy can be used for the
identification and conservation of collected Greek orchids used for salep production as well …

Abstract Background The genus Tulotis has been classified into the genus Platanthera in the
present taxonomic studies since the morphological characteristics of this genus is very …

Tubers of terrestrial orchids are harvested and traded from the eastern Mediterranean to the
Caspian Sea for the traditional product Salep. Overexploitation of wild populations and …

Polyethylene glycols (PEGs) in general use are polydisperse molecules with molecular
weight (MW) distributed around an average value applied in their designation eg, PEG …