Species of Valerianaceae are a common component of the alpine flora throughout the Northern Hemisphere as well as the Andes of South America. Sequence data from three chloroplast markers (psbA-trnH intron, trnK-matK intron, and the trnL-F region) along with the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA were used to infer relationships within Valerianaceae. Both genomes, ...

Abstract Croton is one of the largest angiosperm genera, with > 1200 species in tropics worldwide. The arborescent section Cleodora stands out for its disjunct geographical distribution two main centres diversity Amazonian and Atlantic Forest regions, separated by Caatinga, Cerrado Chaco biomes (the ‘Dry Diagonal’). This disjunction found other Neotropical lineages attributed to Neogene ...

Solanum is a genus which belongs to Solanaceae family, includes many species of cropsor medicinal plants as eggplant, tomato, potato, twoleaf nightshade, etc. Number are used herbs in Vietnam up 41, one those procumbens Lour., often treat hepatitis or cirrhosis. The needs planting this plant rising up, but it still lacks studies based on DNA barcode Solanum, order prevent the confusion raw mate...

Incarvillea is a herbaceous and temperate member of Bignoniaceae, previously divided into four subgenera, Niedzwedzkia, Amphicome, Incarvillea, and Pteroscleris. Niedzwedzkia and Amphicome have in the past been treated as independent genera. Different relationships have been proposed for the four subgenera. Here, maximum parsimony analysis using ITS and trnL-F sequences resulted in similar tree...

Cladistic analyses of plastid DNA sequences rbcL and trnL-F are presented separately and combined for 48 genera of Amaryllidaceae and 29 genera of related asparagalean families. The combined analysis is the most highly resolved of the three and provides good support for the monophyly of Amaryllidaceae and indicates Agapanthaceae as its sister family. Alliaceae are in turn sister to the Amarylli...

Interspecific hybridization is one of the major factors leading to phylogenetic incongruence among loci, but the knowledge is still limited about the potential of each locus to introgress between species. By directly sequencing three DNA regions: chloroplast DNAs (matK gene and trnL-F noncoding region), the nuclear ribosomal external transcribed spacer (ETS) region, and internal transcribed spa...

An unknown Vincetoxicum species has recently been discovered in eastern Thailand. It is a twiner that resembles its morphology flexuosum s.l., variable taxon widely occurring from tropical Asia to Australia. Morphological examination showed despite similarities growth habit, leaf shape, gross appearance of inflorescence structure and flower colour, these two elements exhibit substantial differe...

The yucca-yucca moth interaction is one of the most well-known and remarkable obligate pollination mutualisms, and is an important study system for understanding coevolution. Previous research suggests that specialist pollinators can promote rapid diversification in plants, and theoretical work has predicted that obligate pollination mutualism promotes cospeciation between plants and their poll...