Background Saussurea costus (S. costus) is a critically endangered medicinal plant that has
been extensively studied for its chemical composition, significance, and therapeutic potential …

The olive genus Olea includes c. 30–40 taxa in three subgenera (Olea, Tetrapilus, and
Paniculatae) within the family Oleaceae. Historically, the Olea genus was classified into four …

The genus Corydalis, with ca. 530 species, has long been considered taxonomically
challenging because of its great variability. Previous molecular analyses, based on a few …

Abstract Background The genus Ligusticum consists of approximately 60 species distributed
in the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the most taxonomically difficult taxa within Apiaceae …

Abstract Catalpa Scop.(Bignoniaceae) is a small genus (8 spp.) of trees that is disjunctly
distributed among eastern Asia, eastern United States, and the West Indies. Catalpa bears …

The genus Styrax L. consists of approximately 130 species distributed in the Americas,
eastern Asia, and the Mediterranean region. The phylogeny and evolutionary history of this …

Background Plastome-scale data have been prevalent in reconstructing the plant Tree of
Life. However, phylogenomic studies currently based on plastomes rely primarily on …

Background Ferula L. is one of the largest and most taxonomically complicated genera as
well as being an important medicinal plant resource in the family Apiaceae. To investigate …

Saussurea is one of the largest genera of the tribe Cardueae of Asteraceae, comprising
about 460 species from the Northern Hemisphere with most species distributed in QTPss …

Evolutionary radiations have intrigued biologists for more than a century, yet our
understanding of the drivers of radiating diversification is still limited. We investigate the …