The rapid development of DNA sequencing technology in recent years has provided new
tools for phylogenetic data acquisition. By using high‐throughput DNA sequencing …

Malvaceae sl, the most diverse family within Malvales, includes well-known species of great
economic importance like cotton, cacao, and durian. Despite numerous phylogenetic …

The genus Symplocarpus in basal Araceae includes both thermogenic and non/slightly
thermogenic species that prefer cold environments. If floral thermogenesis of Symplocarpus …

 Abstract An unknown taxon of Stellaria was discovered in Yakushima, a Japanese island
known to harbor several endemic species. To determine the identity of this taxon, this study …

Of the two major speciation modes of endemic plants on oceanic islands, cladogenesis and
anagenesis, the latter has been recently emphasized as an effective mechanism for …

Intentionally preserved biological material in natural history collections represents a vast
repository of biodiversity. Advances in laboratory and sequencing technologies have made …

 Abstract The Indo-Pacific legume genus Serianthes was recently placed in the
Archidendron clade (sensu Koenen et al. 2020), a subclade of the mimosoid clade in …

 Abstract According to the contemporary classification of Hydrangea native to Japan, H.
serrata is a polymorphic species including six varieties. We discovered a plant identified as …

Molecular phylogenetic studies of Hostapulchella (Asparagaceae) and its relatives, which
are native to Japan, have been conducted and resulted in a highly resolved phylogeny …

The systematization of Maesa, a genus of almost 200 species, has haunted taxonomists for
more than a century due to its lack of distinct qualitative characters or discontinuities in …