One of the most popular sequences for phylogenetic inference at the generic and
infrageneric levels in plants is the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the 18S–5.8 S …

The use of molecular techniques is rapidly growing as the tools have become more diverse
and powerful, more widely available, and easier to implement. Molecular analyses are able …

Chloroplast DNA sequences are a primary source of data for plant molecular systematic
studies. A few key papers have provided the molecular systematics community with …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Lamiaceae, the sixth largest angiosperm family, contains more than 7000 species
distributed all over the world. However, although considerable progress has been made in …

A phylogenetic analysis of a combined data set for 560 angiosperms and seven outgroups
based on three genes, 18S rDNA (1855 bp), rbcL (1428 bp), and atpB (1450 bp) …

Intron sequences of the chloroplast gene rps 16 from 46 species were used to examine
phylogenetic relationships indicated by nrDNA ITS sequence variation in the tribe Sileneae …

Recent cladistic analyses are revealing the phylogeny of flowering plants in increasing
detail, and there is support for the monophyly of many major groups above the family level …

A molecular systematic study of Scrophulariaceae sensu lato using DNA sequences of three
plastid genes (rbcL, ndhF, and rps2) revealed at least five distinct monophyletic groups …

This fourth edition of Plant Systematics is completely revised and updated. It incorporates
the updated International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Shenzhen …