The genus Stachys is one of the largest in Lamiaceae family. Representatives are among most ancient medicinal plants used ethnomedicine. Balkan endemic species S. thracica , bulgarica and scardica included Red Data Book Bulgaria due to their endangered status scarcely studied. aim present work was examine genetic these three during process ex situ conservation. To gain information about taxonom...

Abstract The aim of DNA barcoding is to enable fast and accurate species identification. However, universal plant barcodes often do not provide species-level discrimination, especially in taxonomically complex groups. Here we use Lauraceae for the design evaluation strategies, considering: (1) efficacy taxon-specific barcode regions compared with discrimination; (2) how extent intra- interspeci...

Eranthis Salisb. (Ranunculaceae) is a herbaceous plant genus, including few species disjunctively distributed throughout the temperate zone from Southeastern Europe to Eastern Asia. Until recently, only sibirica DC. was known in South Siberia, being considered endemic and tertiary relict. Not long ago, tanhoensis Erst also described Siberia. We report here reconstruction of phylogenetic relatio...

Morella rubra (Myricaceae), also known as Chinese bayberry, is an economically important, subtropical, evergreen fruit tree. The phylogenetic placement of Myricaceae within Fagales and the origin of Chinese bayberry's domestication are still unresolved. In this study, we report the chloroplast (cp) genome of M. rubra and take advantage of several previously reported chloroplast genomes from rel...

Despite considerable progress, many details regarding the evolution of the Arcto-Tertiary flora, including the timing, direction, and relative importance of migration routes in the evolution of woody and herbaceous taxa of the Northern Hemisphere, remain poorly understood. Meehania (Lamiaceae) comprises seven species and five subspecies of annual or perennial herbs, and is one of the few Lamiac...