Michael H. Nee's research while affiliated with Missouri Botanical Garden and other places

... Some authors affirm that there is a morphological affinity between Lycianthes and Capsicum due to the calyx. Of Lycianthes, 187 taxa have been identified, including 152 species, ten subspecies, and 25 varieties native to Asia-Pacific and America (5,9,10,11) . ...

... Solanum subg. Leptostemonum Bitt er is the largest group within the genus (Aubriot, Singh, & Knapp, 2016;McClelland, Nee, & Knapp, 2020). It has 570 species distributed in the warmer part of the world, especially in the Neotropics (Bean, 2004;Levin, Myers & Bohs, 2006;Vorontsova, Stern, Bohs, & Knapp, 2013;Aubriot et al., 2016;McClelland et al., 2020). ...

... 10,11 (Table-2). Contemporary studies have shown Acorus calamus L. rhizome for its analgesic, anti-convulsive 12 , hepato-protective 13 , antioxidant 14,15 ,antimutagenic 16 , sedative and hypothermic effects. 17 In this sense, the intent of this review is to assemble and summarize applicability of A. calamus along with preclinical and clinical claims that are relevant to manage neurological disorders w.s.r to COVID. ...

... Robinia pseudoacacia, also known as black locust (or false acacia), is a medium-sized hardwood deciduous tree in the Fabaceae family's tribe Robinieae. It is commonly grown in North America, Europe, Southern Africa, and Asia (14). Robinia pseudoacacia flowers, bark, and leaves are used in traditional medicine for antitussive, laxative, and cholagogue purposes (15,16). ...

... These were defined by S. triunfense, a woody vine or scandent shrub restricted to evergreen forest. Based on the extent of occurrence and area of occupancy, Clark et al. (2015) catalogued this species as endangered (EN). Together with another 19 plant species, it is endemic to the reserve (Martínez-Camilo et al. 2012). ...

... Discussion. Solanum rhizomatum is most similar to S. pygmaeum from central and littoral Argentina (see Barboza et al. 2013;Särkinen et al. 2015d) and differs from S. pygmaeum in having mostly forked (or sometimes more highly branched) inflorescences with 6-15 flowers, anthers 3.2-3.5 mm long, strongly recurving pedicels in fruit, and berries with 15-25 seeds, while S. pygmaeum always has simple inflorescences with 2-6 flowers, anthers usually >3.5 mm long, pedicels that are broadly spreading in fruit and berries with > 50 seeds. Although these sets of characters to some extent overlap, S. pygmaeum individuals are generally smaller than those of S. rhizomatum (10-20 cm high), with smaller leaves 1-5 cm long and 0.5-2.2 ...

... The habit of S. wrightii as a small tree with large purple flowers and fruit size distinguish it from S. torvum. Primarily medium to large trees and large purple flowers are diagnostic characters of species in section Crinitum (Farruggia et al., 2010). ...

... It is a complex assemblage of polyploids in which hybridization often occurs, e.g., [11][12][13]. This and uncertain taxonomic boundaries of individual species account for representatives of the section often being badly understood and/or long overlooked, e.g., [14][15][16][17][18][19]. Yet, many of the species are weedy or may even act as invasive species that enter various kinds of wetland habitats (valley beds, banks of water catchments, etc.). ...

... C. pepo subsp. ovifera includes summer squash from the Crookneck, Scallop, and Straightneck group, and winter squash such as Delicata and Acorn (Paris et al., 2012). ...

... Xu et al. (2011) used SSR markers to determine the genetic diversity of bottle gourd from China. SSRs are the marker of choice for genetic diversity analysis studies because of high degree of polymorphism and random distribution across the genome (Varshney et al., 2005; Gong et al., 2012; Ji et al., 2012). The efficiency of genetic classification of genotypes based on the genetic distances estimates depends on the availability of polymorphic SSR markers. ...