Fifty years ago, the C4 photosynthetic pathway was first characterized. In the subsequent
five decades, much has been learned about C4 plants, such that it is now possible to place …

Cyperus rotundus L.(Cyperaceae) is a species widely used in traditional medicine in various
regions of the world, mainly in Asian countries such as India and Pakistan. The anticancer …

Cyperaceae (sedges) are the third largest monocot family and are of considerable economic
and ecological importance. Sedges represent an ideal model family to study evolutionary …

In phylogenetic studies across angiosperms, at various taxonomic levels, polytomies have
persisted despite efforts to resolve them by increasing sampling of taxa and loci. The large …

Microlicieae are a monophyletic tribe comprising seven genera: Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera,
Microlicia ss, Poteranthera, Rhynchanthera, Stenodon and Trembleya. Microlicia ss includes …

Eleocharis vivipara, an amphibious sedge in the Cyperaceae family, has several remarkable
properties, most notably its alternate use of C3 photosynthesis underwater and C4 …

The evolution of C 4 photosynthesis requires an intermediate phase where photorespiratory
glycine produced in the mesophyll cells must flow to the vascular sheath cells for …

Despite recent advances in molecular phylogenetic studies, deep evolutionary relationships
in Cyperaceae are still not entirely resolved. Reduction of floral morphology and complex …

Tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) has recently attracted increasing interest from scientific
and technological communities because of its potential for serving as additional source of …

This paper provides a linear classification of two subfamilies, 24 tribes, 10 subtribes and 95
genera of the monocot family Cyperaceae (Poales), based on a stable phylogenetic …