The main Korean mountain range [the so-called “Baekdudaegan”(BDDG)] is thought to have
served as a glacial refugium, mainly for the boreal and temperate flora of northeastern Asia …

A leading hypothesis for the immense diversity of the Orchidaceae is that skewed mating
success and small, disjunct populations lead to strong genetic drift and switches between …

Little is known about levels and patterns of genetic diversity for the entire range of
endangered orchids native to China, Korea, and Japan. In this study, we focus on …

Background Genetic diversity, genetic structure, and gene flow in plant populations and their
influencing factors are important in conservation biology. Cypripedium macranthos is one of …

Abstract Background and Aims Cypripedium calceolus, although widespread in Eurasia, is
rare in many countries in which it occurs. Population genetics studies with nuclear DNA …

This study characterizes the growth conditions of Cypripedium japonicum Thunb.(Korean
lady's slipper), a rare and endangered plant, across three different sites in its natural habitat …

• Premise of the study: Fine‐scale genetic structure (FSGS) in plants is influenced by
variation in spatial and temporal demographic processes. To determine how demographic …

Conservation of orchids is sometimes hampered by taxonomic problems, primarily due to
the difficulty in delimiting species and/or genus boundaries. In this respect, a summary …

To date, little is known about the past evolutionary trajectories of rare and endangered
orchids native to mainland China, Japan, and Korea (the CJK region). In this study, we focus …

Knowledge about the population genetic variation of the endangered orchid, Cypripedium
japonicum, is conducive to the development of conservation strategies. Here, we examined …