The genus Stachys is comprised of about 300 species spread throughout the world, hence
representing one of the largest genera of the Lamiaceae. Several Stachys species have …

Background A robust molecular phylogeny is fundamental for developing a stable
classification and providing a solid framework to understand patterns of diversification …

Lamiaceae, the sixth largest angiosperm family, contains more than 7000 species
distributed all over the world. However, although considerable progress has been made in …

The use of DNA sequence data in plant systematics has brought us closer than ever to
formulating well-founded hypotheses about phylogenetic relationships, and phylogenetic …

Introduction Plants belonging to the genus Stachys have been used in traditional medicine
due to their various properties. The potential health benefits of three widely consumed …

The monotypic genus Pseudomarrubium is perhaps the most poorly understood taxon within
the subfamily Lamioideae (Lamiaceae). While advances in molecular phylogenetics have …

In most plants, stomata are located only on the abaxial leaf surface (hypostomy), but many
plants have stomata on both surfaces (amphistomy). High light and herbaceous growth form …

Abstract The Hawaiian mints (Lamiaceae), one of the largest endemic plant lineages in the
archipelago, provide an excellent system to study rapid diversification of a lineage with a …

Island systems provide important contexts for studying processes underlying lineage
migration, species diversification, and organismal extinction. The Hawaiian endemic mints …

Lamiaceae are one of the largest and most economically important families of flowering
plants. Despite focused study on relationships within subclades, higher-level relationships …