In this article, we present a revised taxonomic circumscription of Aconitum subg. (Ranunculaceae) in Europe. total, the subgenus contains some 250 species with major center diversity Eastern Asia. Altogether 94 taxa (species and infraspecific taxa, including hybrids) occur Among them, 22 are native species, 28 nothospecies (including hybrid formulae). The research is based on former (since Linn...

Phylogenetic analyses were performed using multiple nuclear (ITS and ETS) and chloroplast regions (ndhF-trnL, psbA-trnH, psbD-trnT, and trnT-trnL) to test the monophyly of Aconitum subgen. Lycoctonum (Ranunculaceae) and reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships within the subgenus. The subgenus as currently circumscribed is revealed to be polyphyletic. To achieve its monophyly, sect. Galeata a...