Phytochemistry and Systematics of the Flowering Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 90
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Interests: morphology; phytochemistry and systematics of plants
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Dear Colleagues,
The angiosperms, or flowering plants, one of the major clades of extant seed plants, are the largest group of embryophytes, with at least 260 ,000 living species. Angiosperms are amazingly diverse. They occupy every habitat on Earth. Their diversity in chemistry, reproductive morphology, and genome size and organization is unparalleled in the plant kingdom. The fossil record of angiosperms extends back at least to the Early Cretaceous Epoch, conservatively 130 million years ago (mya).
The study of angiosperms is a challenge in every sense. Many taxa have not been thoroughly investigated in a systematic sense, which is a prerequisite for any other investigation. On the other hand, the chemistry of these plants can be useful in understanding their systematics, but it is also important for the application of the various metabolites that they produce. Certainly, many potentially important metabolites are undiscovered in the plant kingdom, especially in angiosperms, which exhibit the greatest diversity.
Luckily, angiosperm systematists have greatly improved our understanding of their phylogeny. Many clades that correspond to traditionally recognized families are supported on a molecular level. However, some traditional families, as well as many orders and higher groups, have been shown to be nonmonophyletic, which is not the goal of systematics. An important goal of modern systematics is to apply scientific names only to groups that are monophyletic.
The systematics (traditional and modern) of angiosperms and their phytochemistry almost always represent a challenge. In this sense, in this Special Issue, authors are invited to contribute research investigating the novel detailed cross-section of the current status of the systematics and phytochemistry of angiosperm taxa grown worldwide.
Dr. Pedja Janaćković
Dr. Ljubodrag Vujisić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- angiosperms
- conservation
- chemophenetics
- phylogeography
- phylogeny
- speciation
- taxonomy
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