Morphological Features and Phytochemical Properties of Herbs II

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent results obtained in plant morphology and phytochemistry during the last years, encompassing anatomical, micromorphological, ultrastructural, morphometric, chemosystematic and taxonomic studies at species or lower and higher taxonomic levels.

This Special Issue aims to collect works that simultaneously contemplate morphological investigations, with a special emphasis on secretory structures (epidermal or tissue) in relation to the type of productivity in secondary metabolites. We expect the works to be new, therefore regarding taxa never investigated before as regards the morpho-anatomical or ultrastructural descriptions performed by means of light and electron microscopy, as well as the phytochemical characterization or the chemosystematic approach, such as comparative HPLC-MS, GC-FID, GC-MS, NMR (and others) investigations. The proposal of histochemical investigations is also encouraged. Comparative studies of the distribution of secondary metabolites at the species level or within a lower or higher taxon (e.g., subspecies, genus or family) are welcome. Comparative studies, encompassing multiple accessions of each of the taxa within their distribution, are particularly encouraged. Welcome also are studies including morphometric or anatomical surveys that contribute to elucidating or clarifying the taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships, if accompained by in-depth and rigorous literature research on the secondary metabolite profiles. Studies that combine the above-mentioned morphological and phytochemical analyses aiming at identifying adulterations or confounding between species are welcome.

For this purpose, we are glad to invite you to submit original research articles, reviews, and short communications.

Dr. Claudia Giuliani
Prof. Dr. Fico Gelsomina
Guest Editors

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