The use of in vitro techniques for conservation has been rising steadily since their inclusion
in The Convention on Biological Diversity and The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation …

Pleurocarpous mosses, characterized by lateral female gametangia and highly branched,
interwoven stems, comprise three orders and some 5000 species, or almost half of all moss …

The development of evidence-based international strategies for the conservation and
management of Arctic ecosystems in the face of climate change is hindered by critical …

With an estimated 300–375 species, Frullania is the largest genus of Porellales and forms a
major clade of leafy liverworts. The cosmopolitan genus includes mostly epiphytes and …

Scandinavian members of the acrocarpous moss genus Oncophorus were revised after field
observations had suggested unrecognized diversity. Based on molecular (nuclear: internal …

Bayesian analysis of an alignment of 83 nrITS sequences belonging to 66 taxa of Pottiaceae
revealed representatives of subfamily Trichostomoideae in a well supported monophyletic …

Abstract Background and Aims Plants have evolved an unrivalled diversity of reproductive
strategies, including variation in the degree of sexual vs. clonal reproduction. This variation …

Bryophytes are the second largest group of embryophytes, or green land plants, after the
very diverse Angiosperms. They comprise three main lineages (Frey, 2009; Goffinet and …

We present a first treatment of the Tortella tortuosa complex for Europe. We analysed
molecular relationships based on the nuclear ITS and the plastid atp B-rbc L and rps 4 in a …

This study focusses on the molecular and morphological variation among Scandinavian
species within the Syntrichia ruralis complex (S. calcicola, S. norvegica, S. ruraliformis, S …