Small plant populations are more prone to extinction due to the loss of genetic variation
through random genetic drift, increased selfing, and mating among related individuals. To …

Climate change and human activities have caused the degeneration of the natural habitats
of medicinal plants. Mentha pulegium L. is one of the most common medicinal plants in …

Aim The complex palaeogeography of the Malesian archipelago, characterized by the
evolution of an ever‐changing mosaic of terrestrial and marine areas throughout the …

Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of non-coding plastid DNA sequence data
based on a broad sampling of all major Asian Begonia sections (ndhA intron, ndhF-rpl32 …

Plant tissues include leaves, flower petals, and fruits. These can provide us with variety of
design inspirations. Biomimetics allows us to learn from nature and transfer the knowledge …

Begonia is one of the largest angiosperm genera, containing over 1500 species. Some
aspects of the distribution of biodiversity in the genus, such as the geographical restrictions …

Many plant populations and metapopulations all over the world are being threatened by a
variety of factors (Semenova and van der Maarel 2000). In most cases, threats are …

The Philippine island of Palawan is highly biodiverse. During fieldwork there in 2011 & 2014
we found five unknown species in the large genus Begonia. The species are similar in their …

A major goal of evolutionary biology is to determine the mechanisms generating biodiversity.
In Begonia, one of the largest plant genera (1900+ species), it has been postulated that the …

Species diversity is unequally distributed across the globe, with more species found in the
tropics than any other ecosystem in the world. This latitudinal gradient of species richness …