Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are
disappearing at a high speed. This article reviews global trends, developments and …

Medicinal plants research in Asia continues to receive significant national and international
attention, particularly concerning its multiple roles in poverty alleviation and health care …

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of
new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora …

A high proportion of plant species is predicted to be threatened with extinction in the near
future. However, the threat status of only a small number has been evaluated compared with …

Bryophytes were a pivotal step in land plant evolution, and their significance in the
regulation of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity is becoming increasingly …

Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), have been the most widely applied
class of molecular markers used in genetic studies, with applications in many fields of …

Bryophyte Biology provides an extensive overview of the hornworts, liverworts, and mosses;
diverse groups of land plants that occupy a great variety of habitats throughout the world …

Recent technological advances in the field of genomics offer conservation managers and
practitioners new tools to explore for conservation applications. Many of these tools are well …

The ethnobotanical survey conducted in this study showed that 21 plant species belonging
to 14 families are used in traditional medical practice in Limpopo Province, South Africa, for …

Taxonomic and aesthetic biases permeate biodiversity conservation. We used the LIFE
program—the European Union's funding scheme for the environment—to explore the …