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Diversity of Diptera families that pollinate Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) trap flowers: An update in light of new data and phylogenetic analyses [PDF]

, 2017
Pollination by flies (Diptera) has been important to the diversification and ecology of the flowering plants, but is poorly understood in contrast to pollination by other groups such as bees, butterflies and birds.
Dötterl, S., Ghorpadé, K., Heiduk, A., Liede-Schumann, S., Masinde, S., Meve, U., Ollerton, J., Peter, C.I., Prieto-Benítez, S., Punekar, S., Thulin, M., Whittington, Andrew E.   +11 more
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Pollination and plant reproduction in the Cerrado, the world's most biodiverse savanna

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Brazilian Cerrado is a continental‐wide biodiversity hotspot and the most species‐rich savanna ecosystem in the world. The main aspect characterising this biodiversity is that the landscape is arranged as an intricate mosaic of different plant formations, including grasslands, savannas, and forests, each harbouring distinct but ...
João C. F. Cardoso, Renata Trevizan, Pietro K. Maruyama, Ana P. S. Caetano, Rogério V. Gonçalves, Yasmine Antonini, Paulo E. Oliveira   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A STUDY ON DIFFERENT PLANTS OF APOCYNACEAE FAMILY AND THEIR MEDICINAL USES

Universal Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2019
The apocynaceae family is one of the most medicinally diverse families in the plant kingdom and is a rich source for drugs that have found use both traditionally and in conventional medicine. The medicinal activity of these plants was due to the presence
M. Islam, R. Lucky
semanticscholar   +1 more source

INDEPENDENT ORIGINATION OF FLORAL ZYGOMORPHY, A PREDICTED ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TO POLLINATORS: DEVELOPMENTAL AND GENETIC MECHANISMS [PDF]

, 2016
Observations of floral development indicate that floral organ initiation in pentapetalous flowers more commonly results in a medially positioned abaxial petal (MAB) than in a medially positioned adaxial petal (MAD), where the medial plane is defined by ...
Bukhari, Ghadeer, Zhang, Wenheng
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A Revision of Astephanus (Apocynaceae)

Kew Bulletin, 2003
Summary. The morphology is documented for the two species of the genus Astephanus R. Br. (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae - Asclepiadeae), A. triflorus (L. f.) Schult. and A. zeyheri Turcz., which occur in the southwestern corner of southern Africa. Astephanus marginatus Decne. is a synonym of A.
openaire   +3 more sources

Shedding Light on Shining Leaf Chafers: Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae) as a Neglected Group of Pollinators

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interactions between insects and angiosperms date back to millions of years ago. Among the groups of pollinating animals, it is estimated that insects are responsible for pollinating more than 70% of angiosperms. Coleoptera is one of the most studied insect groups for pollination.
André da Silva Ferreira, Arthur Domingos‐Melo, Vinícius Resende Bueno, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Júnior, Paulo Milet‐Pinheiro, Paschoal C. Grossi, Matthias Seidel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV and orientation of subsistence and commercial home gardens in rural Ghana: Crop composition, crop diversity and food security [PDF]

, 2010
An empirical study was conducted to explore differences and similarities in biodiversity in subsistence and commercial home gardens of HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural households in the Eastern Region of Ghana and their significance in household food ...
Akrofi, S., Price, L.L., Struik, P.C.
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Notes on \u3ci\u3eTaeniogonalos Gundlachii\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) From Wisconsin [PDF]

, 2018
This is the first report of Taeniogonalos gundlachii (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae) from Wisconsin and of this hyperparasitoid reared from the initial host Euchaetes egle (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).
Krauth, Steven J, Williams, Andrew H
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Unveiling Wasps as Potential Pollinators: Floral Traits and Wasp Sociality Intensify Network Centrality in a Highly Diverse Tropical Ecosystem

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wasps, members of over 90 hymenopteran families, exhibit diverse behaviours, including pollination, predation and parasitism. While wasps are known pollinators in specialised systems, such as the intricate mutualism of fig trees and the deceptive pollination of certain orchids, they have historically been considered ineffective pollinators ...
Beatriz Lopes Monteiro, Julio Cesar Lopes Santiago, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Irene Gélvez‐Zúñiga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A draft genome and transcriptome of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) as resources for evolutionary, ecological, and molecular studies in milkweeds and Apocynaceae

PeerJ, 2019
Milkweeds (Asclepias) are used in wide-ranging studies including floral development, pollination biology, plant-insect interactions and co-evolution, secondary metabolite chemistry, and rapid diversification.
Kevin A. Weitemier, S. Straub, M. Fishbein, C. D. Bailey, R. Cronn, A. Liston   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source