the genus ranunculus l., with a worldwide distribution, is the largest member of the ranunculaceae. here, nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (its) sequence data and chloroplast trnlf sequence data were used to analyze phylogenetic relationships among members of the annual and perennial (group praemorsa, group rhizomatosa, group grumosa and group non-grumosa) species of ranunculus...

In efforts to record pathogenic fungal diversity on ornamental plants of Pakistan, infected leaves Chlorophytum comosum were collected from commercial nursery in Lahore, Pakistan. Investigation leafspot symptoms led identification an ascomycete fungus, Thielavia terrestris. Analysis for involved morphological, microscopic and molecular methods. ITS-nrDNA sequence data used construct phylogeneti...

Whole genome sequencing is helping generate robust phylogenetic hypotheses for a range of taxonomic groups that were previously recalcitrant to classical molecular phylogenetic approaches. As a case study, we performed a shallow shotgun sequencing of eight species in the tropical tree family Chrysobalanaceae to retrieve large fragments of high-copy number DNA regions and test the potential of t...

Coniothyrium-like fungi are common wood and soil inhabitants and hyperparasites on other fungi. They belong to different fungal genera within the Pleosporales. Several isolates were obtained on wood of different Prunus species (plum, peach and nectarine) from South Africa, on Actinidia species from Italy and on Laurus nobilis from Turkey. Morphological and cultural characteristics as well as DN...

Based on morphological and molecular evidence, two new species of Silene are recognized described here, S. penduliflora F.Jafari, Keshavarzi & Doostm. sp. nov. thyrsiantha Mirtadz. The newly discovered distributed in the central southeastern parts Iran, growing rocky habitats. Relationships among these their close relatives demonstrated using nrDNA ITS cpDNA rps16 phylogenies. ghahremaninej...

Twenty-six species of microfungi are treated, the majority of which are associated with leaf spots of Corymbia, Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. (Myrtaceae). The treated species include three new genera, Bagadiella, Foliocryphia and Pseudoramichloridium, 20 new species and one new combination. Novelties on Eucalyptus include: Antennariella placitae, Bagadiellalunata, Cladoriella rubrigena, C. paleo...

SNPs from nrDNA and trnC-trnD cp DNA for the Caribbean junipers have provided additional insight into the evolution of this group of smooth leaf margined junipers. Comparing leaf terpenoids, RAPDS and SNPs from nrDNA and trnC-trnD cp DNA show that each data set reveals different facets of the relationships. In general, the data sets support four major groups: Juniperus barbadensis lucayana; J. ...