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Invasive plants as catalysts for the spread of human parasites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
To a degree not widely recognized, some naturalized and invasive plants increase the risks to human health by enhancing the proliferation of vectors of virulent human parasites. These potential risks are restricted by neither ecosystem nor geography. The
Mack, Richard N.   +7 more
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Tropical plants evolve faster than their temperate relatives: a case from the bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) based on chloroplast genome data

open access: yesBiotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2020
The evolutionary speed hypothesis (ESH) states that the molecular evolutionary rates of plants in the warm areas are higher than that in the cool areas.
Wencai Wang   +4 more
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Water use patterns of four tropical bamboo species assessed with sap flux measurements

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Bamboos are grasses (Poaceae) that are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. We aimed at exploring water use patterns of four tropical bamboo species (Bambusa vulgaris, Dendrocalamus asper, Gigantochloa atroviolacea and Gigantochloa apus) with ...
Tingting eMei   +5 more
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Overwintering performance of bamboo leaves, and establishment of mathematical model for the distribution and introduction prediction of bamboos

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Bamboo has great economic values and is used extensively in many industries, and their natural distribution range was divided into 12 zones in China according to the temperature of their geographical distribution in previous works.
Yufang Wu   +17 more
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Methodological alternatives in the estimate of biomass for young individuals of bambusa genus

open access: yesBioscience Journal, 2015
The objective of this work was to evaluate the distribution of biomass in compartments, as well as to test and select methods to estimate total biomass for the genus Bambusa.
Lara Clímaco de Melo   +3 more
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Integrated Genomic Analyses From Low-Depth Sequencing Help Resolve Phylogenetic Incongruence in the Bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2021
The bamboos (Bambusoideae, Poaceae) comprise a major grass lineage with a complex evolutionary history involving ancient hybridization and allopolyploidy.
Domitille Chalopin   +5 more
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Factors contributing to deep supercooling capability and cold survival in dwarf bamboo (Sasa senanensis) leaf blades.

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2015
Wintering Sasa senanensis, dwarf bamboo, has been known to employ deep supercooling as the mechanism of cold hardiness in its most of the tissues from leaves to rhizomes.
Masaya eIshikawa   +4 more
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A contribuição da anatomia foliar para a taxonomia de Raddia Bertol. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) Leaf anatomy contribution to the taxonomy of Raddia Bertol. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2008
Raddia é um gênero de bambus herbáceos que inclui nove espécies ocorrentes no Brasil, uma delas encontrada também em áreas extra-brasileiras. A anatomia foliar de todas as espécies foi analisada em microscopia óptica e microscopia eletrônica de varredura,
Reyjane Patrícia de Oliveira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling the mysterious flowering cycles of Mexican Guadua species: A captivating natural phenomenon

open access: yesAdvances in Bamboo Science, 2023
The flowering of woody bamboos has remained an enduring mystery over time. Woody bamboos can persist in a vegetative state for up to 150 years. Among these intriguing flowering bamboos are the Guadua species. Guadua, a Neotropical genus of woody bamboos,
María de la Luz Perez-Garcia   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogenomic analyses reveal reticulate evolution between Neomicrocalamus and Temochloa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Neomicrocalamus and Temochloa are closely related to bamboo genera. However, when considered with newly discovered and morphologically similar material from China and Vietnam, the phylogenetic relationship among these three groups was ambiguous in the ...
Zhuo-Yu Cai   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

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