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Heterostemma cucphuongense (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Vietnam. [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2020
Heterostemma cucphuongense (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Vietnam is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species Heterostemma succosum Kerr. Heterostemma cucphuongense differs from H. succosum by the morphology of the
Tran TB, Han LN, Hai DV, Quang BH, Huong NTT, Ha BT, Hai TV, Rodda M.   +7 more
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The diversity and evolution of pollination systems in large plant clades: Apocynaceae as a case study. [PDF]

Ann Bot, 2019
Background and Aims Large clades of angiosperms are often characterized by diverse interactions with pollinators, but how these pollination systems are structured phylogenetically and biogeographically is still uncertain for most families. Apocynaceae is
Ollerton J, Liede-Schumann S, Endress ME, Meve U, Rech AR, Shuttleworth A, Keller HA, Fishbein M, Alvarado-Cárdenas LO, Amorim FW, Bernhardt P, Celep F, Chirango Y, Chiriboga-Arroyo F, Civeyrel L, Cocucci A, Cranmer L, da Silva-Batista IC, de Jager L, Deprá MS, Domingos-Melo A, Dvorsky C, Agostini K, Freitas L, Gaglianone MC, Galetto L, Gilbert M, González-Ramírez I, Gorostiague P, Goyder D, Hachuy-Filho L, Heiduk A, Howard A, Ionta G, Islas-Hernández SC, Johnson SD, Joubert L, Kaiser-Bunbury CN, Kephart S, Kidyoo A, Koptur S, Koschnitzke C, Lamborn E, Livshultz T, Machado IC, Marino S, Mema L, Mochizuki K, Morellato LPC, Mrisha CK, Muiruri EW, Nakahama N, Nascimento VT, Nuttman C, Oliveira PE, Peter CI, Punekar S, Rafferty N, Rapini A, Ren ZX, Rodríguez-Flores CI, Rosero L, Sakai S, Sazima M, Steenhuisen SL, Tan CW, Torres C, Trøjelsgaard K, Ushimaru A, Vieira MF, Wiemer AP, Yamashiro T, Nadia T, Queiroz J, Quirino Z.   +74 more
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“El fin de un enigma”, una nueva subtribu y novedades nomenclaturales en Asclepiadeae (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) [PDF]

, 2017
Se propone Topea H. A. Keller como nuevo nombre para el género Aenigma H. A. Keller (Apocynaceae) por prexistir un homónimo fonético. Además, sobre la base de estudios de filogenia molecular se describe dentro de la tribu Asclepiadeae a la nueva subtribu
Keller, Hector Alejandro, Liede Schumann, Sigrid   +1 more
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A new species of Oxypetalum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) from Santa Catarina, Brazil [PDF]

, 2017
Sobre la base de un ejemplar de herbario recolectado a 1100 m.s.n.m., en el estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil, se describe e ilustra una nueva especie del género Oxypetalum R. Br. (Apocynaceae).
Funez, Luis A., Keller, Hector Alejandro
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Large pollen loads of a South African asclepiad do not interfere with the foraging behaviour or efficiency of pollinating honey bees [PDF]

, 2012
The pollen of asclepiads (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae) and most orchids (Orchidaceae) are packaged as large aggregations known as pollinaria that are removed as entire units by pollinators.
Brassine, E I, Coombs, G, Dold, A P, Peter, C I   +3 more
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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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Catching on to concatenation : evidence for prepollination intrasexual selection in plants [PDF]

, 2013
[from introduction] Darwin (1871) proposed the mechanism of sexual selection to explain the extreme traits, secondary sex characters, seen primarily in male animals for either display or competition.
Peter, C I, Shuttleworth, A
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Headspace Volatile Composition of the Flowers of Caralluma europaea N.E.Br. (Apocynaceae) [PDF]

, 2009
The volatile constituents of the flowers of Caralluma (Apteranthes) europaea (Guss.) N.E. Br. (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae) from Lampedusa Island were analyzed by headspace method.
Bruno, M., Della Porta, G., Formisano, C., Maggio, A., Rosselli, S., Sajeva, M., Scognamiglio, M., Senatore, F., Zito, P.   +8 more
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Photoperiodic Response of Abrostola asclepiadis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a Candidate Biological Control Agent for Swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum, Apocynaceae) [PDF]

, 2020
A biological control program is in development for two swallow-wort species (Vincetoxicum, Apocynaceae), European vines introduced into northeastern North America.
Biazzo, Jeromy, Dolgovskaya, Margarita, Milbrath, Lindsey R., Sforza, René F.H., Volkovitsh, Mark   +4 more
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Digital Knowledge of Kenyan Succulent Flora and Priorities for Future Inventory and Documentation [PDF]

, 2016
Biodiversity inventory in Kenya has been ongoing for about a century and a half, coinciding with the arrival of naturalists from Europe, America, and elsewhere outside Africa.
Kang’ethe, Simon, Newton, Leonard E., Wabuyele, Emily   +2 more
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