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Morpho-Anatomical Analysis of Cosmostigma racemosum (Asclepiadoideae) Flowers

Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry, 2014
Cosmostigma racemosum is a plant species belonging to the family Apocynaceae, the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Cosmostigma racemosum is found in Nglanggeran Mountain Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta.
Widodo Widodo, Mohamad Amin, Mimien Henie Irawati Al-Muhdar, Muhammad Ja’far Luthfi   +3 more
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Pregnane glycosides from Asclepiadoideae stimulate glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion in intestinal neuroendocrine cells

, 2016
International audienceIn the search for natural glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secretagogues, which could act as antidiabetic compounds [1], an ethanolic extract from the Malagasy Cynanchum marnierianum (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae subfamily) was found
Tsoukalas, Michail, Urbain, Aurelie, Muller, Christian, Lobstein, Annelise   +3 more
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Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 2, Page 969-995, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Actions for ecological restoration under the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative in the northern Sahel have been plant focused, paying scant attention to plant–animal interactions that are essential to ecosystem functioning. Calls to accelerate implementation of the GGW make it timely to develop a more solid conceptual foundation for restoration
Natalia Medina‐Serrano, Martine Hossaert‐McKey, Aly Diallo, Doyle McKey   +3 more
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Homospermidine synthase evolution and the origin(s) of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Apocynaceae

American Journal of Botany, Volume 112, Issue 2, February 2025.
Abstract Premise Enzymes that are encoded by paralogous genes and produce identical specialized metabolites in distantly related plant lineages are strong evidence of parallel phenotypic evolution. Inference of phenotypic homology for metabolites produced by orthologous genes is less straightforward, since orthologs may be recruited in parallel into ...
Chelsea R. Smith, Elisabeth Kaltenegger, Jordan Teisher, Abigail J. Moore, Shannon C. K. Straub, Tatyana Livshultz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preferred nectar sources for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) along the Great Plains migration pathway

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2025.
Abstract Population declines of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) in North America have largely been attributed to the distribution and condition of species‐specific preferred nectar sources. In 2020, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the monarch butterfly in the US Federal Register as a candidate species under the ...
Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr., C. Jason Williams, Ray A. Moranz, Christine Taliga, William A. Rutherford, Brenda Simpson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additional record and conservation measures of Ceropegia odorata Nimmo ex J. Graham from Gujarat State, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
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, B. L. Punjani, P. R. Desai, V. B. Pandey, Y. S. Chaudhary, P. N. Joshi   +5 more
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The Ethnoveterinary Study of Medicinal Plants Utilized in Treating Animal Diseases in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State in Ethiopia

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
An ethnobotanical study was conducted to document the plant‐based indigenous knowledge of the people on the utilization of these medicinal plant resources in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. A total of 100 informants were sampled from four study sites, and a variety of ethnobotanical methods were applied, including semistructured interviews,
Mikias Teshome, Tamene Yohannes, Ghadir A. El-Chaghaby   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bradysia sp. (Diptera: Sciaridae), a pollinator that can die in flowers of Ditassa banksii Schult. (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae)

Hoehnea
This is the first record of Bradysia sp. as a pollinator of Ditassa banksii Schult.. This fly usually becomes trapped in the flower and die, but it carries out the pollination too.
Cristiana Koschnitzke
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Systematics: studies on Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) from the Espinhaco Range of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

, 2000
Asclepiadoideae está entre os táxons mais promissores para o desenvolvimento de estudos em sistemática vegetal. Pensando nisso, foi elaborado o projeto "Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) da Cadeia do Espinhaço de Minas Gerais".
Alessandro Rapini, Rapini, Alessandro
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­­­Hoya papaschonii (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from southern Thailand with a peculiar corona

, 2014
Rodda, Michele, Ercole, Enrico (2014): ---Hoya---papaschonii---(Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from southern Thailand with a peculiar corona.
Michele Rodda, Rodda, Michele, Enrico Ercole, Ercole, Enrico   +3 more
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