The Portulaca oleracea L. commonly known as purslane is distributed all over the world and
easily grows in diverse soil and climatic conditions. It has been traditionally used as a …

Members of the cactus family are keystone species of arid and semiarid biomes in the
Americas, as they provide shelter and resources to support other members of ecosystems …

Hernández-Ledesma P., Berendsohn WG, Borsch Th., Mering S. von, Akhani H., Arias S.,
Castañeda-Noa I., Eggli U., Eriksson R., Flores-Olvera H., Fuentes-Bazán S., Kadereit G …

A revised and updated classification for the families of flowering plants is provided. Many
recent studies have yielded increasingly detailed evidence for the positions of formerly …

• Premise of the study: Recent analyses employing up to five genes have provided
numerous insights into angiosperm phylogeny, but many relationships have remained …

The cacti are one of the most celebrated radiations of succulent plants. There has been
much speculation about their age, but progress in dating cactus origins has been hindered …

• Premise of the study: The opuntias (nopales, prickly pears) are not only culturally,
ecologically, economically, and medicinally important, but are renowned for their taxonomic …

Floral morphology is key for understanding floral evolution and plant identification. Floral
diagrams are two-dimensional representations of flowers that replace extensive descriptions …

• Premise of the study: Cactaceae is one of the most charismatic plant families because of
the extreme succulence and outstanding diversity of growth forms of its members. Although …

Talinum species have been used to investigate a variety of environmental problems for eg
determination of metal pollution index and total petroleum hydrocarbons in roadside soils …