Halophytes are widely distributed worldwide and thrive in a wide range of environments
such as coastal salt marshes, dunes, saline depressions, and inland deserts. They are also …

Potable and good-quality drinking water availability is a serious global concern, since
several pollution sources significantly contribute to low water quality. Amongst these …

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 …

The megadiverse genus Carex (c. 2000 species, Cyperaceae) has a nearly cosmopolitan
distribution, displaying an inverted latitudinal richness gradient with higher species diversity …

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 …

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 …

Juncaceae is a cosmopolitan family belonging to the cyperid clade of Poales together with
Cyperaceae and Thurniaceae. These families have global economic and ethnobotanical …

Cyperus esculentus L.(Cyperaceae) is considered a weed that negatively affects
economically important crops. Phytochemical studies of C. esculentus indicate that this plant …

Salt-tolerant plants (halophytes) are widely distributed worldwide in several environments
such as coastal salt marshes, sand dunes, and inland deserts. To cope with the harsh …