Ethnopharmacological relevance Cannabis is one of the most versatile genera in terms of
plant use and has been exploited by humans for millennia. Nowadays, Cannabis is the centre …

Although both are salient features of genomes, at first glance ribosomal DNAs and transposable
elements are genetic elements with not much in common: whereas ribosomal DNAs are …

Two plant genome size databases have been recently updated and/or extended: the Plant
DNA C-values database ( http://data.kew.org/cvalues ), and GSAD, the Genome Size in …

Invasive alien species are currently considered one of the main threats to global biodiversity.
One of the most rapidly expanding invasive plants in recent times is Kalanchoe × …

Artemisia subg. Seriphidium is one of the largest groups within Artemisia, encompassing more
than one hundred species, some of them having considerable ecological and economical …

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is a medicinal plant traditionally employed for the
treatment of urinary tract infections due to high contents of arbutin (hydroquinone β-D-glucoside), …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The discovery of the antimalarial agent artemisinin is
considered one of the most significant success stories of ethnopharmacological research in …

Background Considered a biodiversity hotspot, the Canary Islands have been the key
subjects of numerous evolutionary studies concerning a large variety of organisms. The genus …

Background and Aims Changes in the amount of repetitive DNA (dispersed and tandem
repeats) are considered the main contributors to genome size variation across plant species in …

The Asteraceae are one of the largest families of angiosperms, comprising 24,000 to 30,000
species in over 1,600 to 2,000 genera. It has a worldwide distribution, with the exception of …