Molecular Systematics and Chemotaxonomy of 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: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editors
Interests: systematics and phylogeny of plants; micromorphology; phytochemistry; chemotaxonomy; biological activity of secondary plant metabolites
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: systematics; biodiversity; taxonomy; diversity plant evolution; phylogenetic analysis; phylogenetics; phylogeography; molecular systematics; plant morphology; phytochemistry; chemotaxonomy; secondary metabolites; terpenes; flavonoids; DNA barcoding
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Macromolecular and micromolecular chemical characters were once studied in a single unified area termed biochemical systematics. Since molecular techniques provide objective, quantifiable genetic information, they have become the staple of plant phylogeny. On the other hand, the study of micromolecular characters continued to provide essential data for understanding the ecological and evolutionary context of molecular phylogenies. Together, these two disciplines enhance our understanding of plant evolution, ecology, and biodiversity. Coupled with bioinformatics, molecular systematics and chemophenetics (chemotaxonomy) provide objective characters that can help in the correct identification of problematic taxa, especially now that experts in plant identification are few.
This Special Issue welcomes all types of research articles that explore the molecular and chemical diversity of plant taxa in the context of their biodiversity, phylogeny, phytogeography, ecology, adaptation, and conservation.
Prof. Dr. Petar D. Marin
Dr. Nemanja Rajcevic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular markers
- simple sequence repeat
- inter simple sequence repeat
- sequence-related amplified polymorphism
- single nucleotide polymorphism
- amplified fragment length polymorphism
- next generation sequencing
- cpDNA
- mtDNA
- nrDNA
- phylogeny
- phytogeography
- ecology
- conservation
- alkaloids
- terpenoids
- phenolics
- flavonoids
- essential oils
- fatty acid derivatives
- chemophenetics
- chemotaxonomy
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