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Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2013 We analyzed the microgametogenesis and microsporogenesis of the male flowers of the holoparasitic Helosis cayennensis (Sw.) Spreng. var. cayennensis using optical and scanning electron microscopy.
Ana María González +2 more
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Conservation Challenges for Endemic Vascular Plants: Exploring Large-Scale Patterns in Climate-Driven Distribution and Distinctive Functional Traits. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe study examines conservation challenges for endemic vascular plants globally by analyzing their distribution patterns and traits that influence resilience, survival, and regeneration under changing environmental conditions. Alarmingly, 58% of endemic vascular plant taxa with conservation assessments are designated as extinct or threatened, three ...
Liu U, Cossu TA, Pritchard HW.
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Tiny but mighty? Overview of a decade of research on nectar bacteria. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary An emerging focus of research at the intersection of botany, zoology, and microbiology is the study of floral nectar as a microbial habitat, referred to as the nectar microbiome, which can alter plant–pollinator interactions. Studies on these microbial communities have primarily focused on yeasts, and it was only about a decade ago that ...
Quevedo-Caraballo S +4 more
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Plastomes in the holoparasitic family Balanophoraceae: Extremely high AT content, severe gene content reduction, and two independent genetic code changes [PDF]
, 2021 The transition to a heterotrophic lifestyle in angiosperms is characterized by convergent evolutionary changes. Plastid genome remodeling includes dramatic functional and physical reductions with the highest degrees observed in fully heterotrophic plants.
Sánchez Puerta, María Virginia +2 more
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Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais: Balanophoraceae [PDF]
, 1997 O estudo da família Balanophoraceae é parte do levantamento da Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Esta família esta representada naquela área apenas pela espécie Langsdorffia hypogaea Mart..
Gomes, F.P., Giulietti, A.M.
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, 1913 Fam. 12. Balanophoraceae. Mystropetalon Thomii Harv. Plant parasitic on a root of Protea mellifera; the shoot on the right-hand side in the first (female) stage, the spike on the left with ripe fruits below and male flowers above, the latter visited ...
Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931
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Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 2, Issue 5, Page 421-445, September 2020., 2020 Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and underutilized species, we attempt to unlock plant food resources and explore the role of fungi, which along with the wealth of traditional knowledge about their uses and practices, could help ...
Tiziana Ulian +24 more
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Lophophytum weddellii Hook. f. (Balanophoraceae): first records for the Brazilian flora [PDF]
Check List, 2015 Lophophytum weddellii was known to only occur in unflooded forests between 500–1,000 m in Colombia and Peru. These new records for the Brazilian flora expand the geographic distribution of the species, and also show that it occurs near seasonally flooded
Leandro Cardoso +2 more
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Santalales in the Núcleo Curucutu, Parque Estadual Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil [PDF]
HoehneaThis paper consists in the taxonomic survey of the Santalales order in the Núcleo Curucutu, Parque Estadual Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Andreia de Abrantes Pereira +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 Balanophora J.R. Forster & G. Forster (Balanophoraceae) is a poorly studied genus of root holoparasite native to temperate and tropical regions of Asia and the Pacific. The occurrences of Balanophora polyandra Griff.
Prem K. Chhetri +2 more
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