Abstract The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Taxonomy includes
organism names and classifications for every sequence in the nucleotide and protein …

Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

The large size and complexity of most fern genomes have hampered efforts to elucidate
fundamental aspects of fern biology and land plant evolution through genome-enabled …

Critical species inventories provide primary biodiversity data crucial for biogeographical,
ecological, and conservation studies. After six years, a second update to the inventory of the …

An updated inventory of the native vascular flora of Italy, providing details on the occurrence
at regional level, is presented. The checklist includes 8195 taxa (6417 species and 1778 …

Critical and updated alien species inventories are crucial to properly manage and contrast
biological invasions. After 6 years, a second update to the inventory of the vascular flora …

The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in
species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly …

To date, little is known about the evolution of fern genomes, with only two small genomes
published from the heterosporous Salviniales. Here we assembled the genome of Alsophila …

New Guinea is the world's largest tropical island and has fascinated naturalists for
centuries,. Home to some of the best-preserved ecosystems on the planet and to intact …

Summary The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is an extremely valuable resource
that is being used to address many fundamental and applied questions in plant science …