Dubyaea is a genus of about 15 species belonging to Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae subtribe Crepidinae. All species of Dubyaea are distributed in the Pan Himalayan region and its adjacent areas. Stebbins once believed that the genus Dubyaea had ancestral groups of some widely distributed genera of t...

As a pivotal component of terrestrial biomes, forest ecosystems play a vital role in climate regulation, the hydrologic cycle and carbon sequestration. The boreal forest of the Holarctic is one of the earth’s largest biomes and is also one of the ecosystems that is most sensitive to climate chan...

Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo, which is a perennial herbaceous herb native to south and southeast Asia, belongs to the Orchidaceae. D. officinale stems are commonly used as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine to restore physical vitality, as it contains many beneficial compounds such as ...

Plants have evolved a set of highly sophisticated mechanisms to deal with environmental stresses and to survive in a cost-efficient manner. For example, upon pathogen attack, plants reallocate their limited resources away from growth towards defense against pathogens, and this trade-off between g...

Coastal wetlands are important ecosystems, especially in mitigating climate change. Prof. Faming Wang from South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Sanders from Southern Cross University, Australia worked together with several colleagues around the globe to examine coa...