The Hawaiian endemic Silene are a small group of woody or semiwoody representatives from a large, predominantly herbaceous, species-rich genus. We here investigated the origin and number of introductions of the endemic Hawaiian Silene based on phylogenetic relationships inferred from DNA sequences from both the plastid (the rps16 intron) and the nuclear (ribosomal internal transcribed sequences...

Caryophyllaceae is a large angiosperm family, with many species being utilized as ornamental or medicinal plants in Korea, addition to several endangered that are managed by the government. In this study, we used DNA barcoding for accurate identification of Korean Caryophyllaceae. A total 78 taxa (n = 215) were sequenced based on three chloroplast regions (rbcL, matK, and psbA–trnH) nuclear rib...

Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Burnat) P. W. Ball & Heywood (Caryophyllaceae), native to western Europe and North Africa an introduced or alien plant in South America, Australia, Japan, was newly found Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. is clearly distinguished from other genera by a bract at the base of calyx, which differs Gypsophila L., commissures sepals, different Dianthus L. grows on slopes roadsides,...

Polycarpaea corymbosa (L) Lam, is a weed which belongs to Caryophyllaceae family is seen throughout India. It is distributed in tropical Asia and Australia. It is quite common in Gujarat is waste lands and in cultivated fields. It is a small, erect annual herb. Simple or branched woody at base. Stem and branches slender and faintly terete. Pale green in colour and pubescent in younger parts. Le...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Fifty candidate microsatellite markers, generated using 454 shotgun sequencing, were tested for the widespread arctic/alpine herb Silene acaulis (Caryophyllaceae). METHODS AND RESULTS Fourteen out of 50 markers resulted in polymorphic products with profiles that enabled interpretation. The numbers of alleles per locus ranged from two to six, and the expected heterozygosit...

The tribe Alsineae is a large monophyletic group in the family Caryophyllaceae especially found across Eurasia and Americas, but with center of diversity Mediterranean region. Several previous molecular phylogenetic studies have focused on delimitation genera tribes Caryophyllaceae, subfamily Alsinoideae or broader sense than now recognized. However, there are still many open questions regardin...