An updated inventory of the vascular flora alien to Italy, providing details on the occurrence
at regional level, is presented. The checklist includes 1597 species, subspecies, and …

It is estimated that pollen allergies affect approximately 40% of allergic individuals. In
general, tree pollen allergies are mainly elicited by allergenic trees belonging to the orders …

Critical and updated alien species inventories are crucial to properly manage and contrast
biological invasions. After 6 years, a second update to the inventory of the vascular flora …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

Phylogenetic relationships among species of Quercus (oaks) from western Eurasia including
the western part of the Himalayas are examined for the first time. Based on ITS and 5S–IGS …

Whole genome sequencing is helping generate robust phylogenetic hypotheses for a range
of taxonomic groups that were previously recalcitrant to classical molecular phylogenetic …

Curcuma comprises 120 species that occur throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. The
taxonomy of the genus is haunted by polyploid speciation and homoploid hybridization …

Today, angiosperms are fundamental players in the diversity and biogeochemical
functioning of the planet. Yet despite the omnipresence of angiosperms in today's …

Molecular studies of six species from the ancient extant seed plant Cycas, covering a wide
range of its morphological diversity and all major areas of distribution, revealed a high level …

In Europe, both Oriental plane and London plane trees are seriously threatened by the
invasive fungal pathogen Ceratocystis platani (Walter) Engelbr. & TC Harr., the causal agent …