Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

The~ 400 million specimens deposited across~ 3000 herbaria are essential for:(i)
understanding where plants have lived in the past,(ii) forecasting where they may live in the …

Recent technological advances in long‐read high‐throughput sequencing and assembly
methods have facilitated the generation of annotated chromosome‐scale whole‐genome …

Plants have been an essential source of human medicine for millennia. In this review, we
argue that a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of medicinal plants that …

Population genetic surveys can reveal the patterns of genetic diversity and provide insights
into the details of invasion history. Plantago virginica L.(Plantaginaceae) is a North America …

The interest in and significance of herbarium collections for the study of plant biodiversity
and evolution has significantly expanded in recent decades due to the introduction of new …

We assess how much of Central America is likely to be agriculturally suitable for cultivating
coca (Erythroxylum spp), the main ingredient in cocaine. Since 2017, organized criminal …

Abstract South American coca (Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense) has been a
keystone crop for many Andean and Amazonian communities for at least 8,000 years …

En la actualidad, la hoja de coca es consumida en diferentes formas, tales como: harinas,
mates, infusiones, aceites, geles, etc. Los productos derivados de la hoja de coca forman …

Erythroxylum macrophyllum is a morphologically variable and widely distributed species
complex in Central and South America with several sub-specific taxa and numerous species …