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 …

Pitaya is one of the fruit species whose demand has increased in recent years due to the
numerous health benefits and lucrative price of the fruit and its by-products. In Europe, the …

Here, we present a review of the studies of evolutionary genetics (phylogenetics, population
genetics, and phylogeography) using genetic data as well as genome scale assemblies in …

Background Plastid genomes (plastomes) have long been recognized as highly conserved
in their overall structure, size, gene arrangement and content among land plants. However …

Pitaya (Selenicereus) is a kind of novel fruit with a delicious taste and superior horticulture
ornamental value. The potential economic impact of the pitaya lies in its diverse uses not …

 Abstract To support the work of the Global Conservation Consortium for Erica and update
the Erica checklist in the World Flora Online (WFO), we have curated the taxonomic …

Relationships within the major clades of Cactaceae are relatively well known based on DNA
sequence data mostly from the chloroplast genome. Nevertheless, some nodes along the …

Mapping biodiversity patterns across taxa and environments is crucial to address the
evolutionary and ecological dimensions of species distribution, suggesting areas of …

Abstract Background and Aims Cactaceae are succulent plants, quasi-endemic to the
American continent, and one of the most endangered plant groups in the world. Molecular …

Abstract Premise Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) is an important dry forest element in all
subregions and transitional zones of the neotropics, with the highest diversity in eastern …