Diverse pollination systems of the twin-spurred orchid genus Satyrium in African grasslands [PDF]
The large terrestrial orchid genus Satyrium underwent evolutionary radiations in the Cape floral region and the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa. These radiations were accompanied by tremendous diversification of the unusual twin-spurred flowers
Boberg, E +5 more
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Complete Sequences of Organelle Genomes from the Medicinal Plant Rhazya Stricta (Apocynaceae) and Contrasting Patterns of Mitochondrial Genome Evolution Across Asterids [PDF]
Rhazya stricta is native to arid regions in South Asia and the Middle East and is used extensively in folk medicine to treat a wide range of diseases.
Baeshen, Mohammed N. +7 more
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1095. Vincetoxicum magnificum (Nakai) Kitag.: Apocynaceae
Summary The genus Vincetoxicum Wolf is one of the most species‐rich genera in the Apocynaceae and has diversified in Japan. Vincetoxicum magnificum (Nakai) Kitag. is a perennial herb endemic to Japan. Most Japanese Vincetoxicum species flower in summer to autumn, whereas V. magnificum flowers in spring.
Ko Mochizuki +2 more
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The systematic position of Rhytidocaulon (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) [PDF]
Rhytidocaulon P.R.O. Bally is reviewed. The relationships with other genera are discussed in the light of the character assessment carried out and it is suggested that it is closest to Caralluma R. Br. subg. Caralluma and Echidnopsis Hook. f. Descriptions of the genus and the eight known species are provided.
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Diversidade de Cetoniidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) no Cerrado do Distrito Federal [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, 2015.A família Cetoniidae é um grupo diverso que possui cerca de 4.000 espécies. No Brasil são registradas 72 espécies e 24 gêneros.
Evangelista Neto, Juliane
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Abstract Fruit flies (Tephritidae: Dacini) are a frugivorous insect group that exhibit high endemic diversity in the rainforests of Australia and the western Pacific. In this region, biogeography has been influenced by tectonic plate movements and cycles of isolation and re‐connection of landmasses and rainforest habitats during glacial periods ...
Melissa L. Starkie +4 more
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Erratum to: Taxonomic dissolution of Sarcostemma (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) [PDF]
Sarcostemma brunonianum Wight & Arn., in Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 59 (1834). Type: India, [‘Peninsula Ind. Orientalis’], Cody Cally, village of Autcherroccum, Herb. Wright 1557 (lectotype G-DC! (No. G00301010), designated here; isolectotypes E, G-DC! (No. G00136527)). Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R. Br. subsp. brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) P. I.
Ulrich Meve, Sigrid Liede-Schumann
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The influence of floral traits on specialisation and modularity of plant-pollinator networks in a biodiversity hotspot in the Peruvian Andes [PDF]
Background and Aims: Modularity is a ubiquitous and important structural property of ecological networks which describes the relative strengths of sets of interacting species and gives insights into the dynamics of ecological communities.
Dormann, Carsten F +3 more
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Ceropegia odorata Nimmo ex J. Graham (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) a Critically Endangered plant species from India was recorded in Gujarat after about 45 years in Vijaynagar forest of Sabarkantha District (northern Gujarat).
S. K. Patel +5 more
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Estudio sistemático del género sudamericano Diplolepis (Apocynaceae). [PDF]
A taxonomic treatment of the genus Diplolepis is here presented. Based on molecular and biogeographical information recently published, this group is monophyletic and its geographical distribution is restricted to southwestern South America.
Ezcurra, Cecilia +2 more
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