One of the most popular sequences for phylogenetic inference at the generic and
infrageneric levels in plants is the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the 18S–5.8 S …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

We report the largest eukaryotic genome to date in the monocot Paris japonica
(Melanthiaceae, 1C= 152.23 pg), measured using flow cytometry. This value is 15% larger …

Increasingly robust understanding of angiosperm phylogeny allows more secure
reconstruction of the flower in the most recent common ancestor of extant angiosperms and …

Plants belonging to the genus Veratrum have been used throughout history for their
medicinal properties. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, phytochemical …

Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the
beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to …

The realms of rare species conservation and metapopulation biology theory are often
interrelated, and hence share several basic challenges. Two of the most important are the …

The present classification of extant flowering plants (Magnoliopsida) updates and revises
those presented previously by bringing together the vast majority of new information …

Since the occurrence of giant genomes in angiosperms is restricted to just a few lineages,
identifying where shifts towards genome obesity have occurred is essential for …

Abstract Background Paris (Melanthiaceae) is an economically important but taxonomically
difficult genus, which is unique in angiosperms because some species have extremely large …