title: Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Veronica Subgenus Pentasepalae (Plantaginaceae): Evidence for Its Origin and Subsequent Dispersal
abstract: <i>Veronica</i> subgenus <i>Pentasepalae</i> is the largest subgenus of <i>Veronica</i> in the Northern Hemisphere with approximately 80 species mainly from Southwest Asia. In order to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among the members of <i>V</i>. subgenus <i>Pentasepalae</i> and to test the "out of the Iranian plateau" hypothesis, we applied thorough taxonomic sampling, employing nuclear DNA (ITS) sequence data complimented with morphological studies and chromosome number counts. Sev
journal: Biology