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Biogeography and diversification patterns in the Irano‐Turanian biodiversity hotspots inferred from a molecular phylogeny of the subendemic Iris subgenus Scorpiris (Iridaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The Irano‐Turanian Floristic Region harbors a rich flora, but our understanding of the development of this diversity is limited by a lack of data on phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic patterns of endemic and more widespread plants. Hypotheses of in situ diversification versus allopatric diversification were tested using Iris subgen. Scorpiris,
Mona Salimbahrami, Hojjatollah Saeidi, Ali Bagheri, Carol A. Wilson, Gerald M. Schneeweiss   +4 more
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DNA Barcoding of Freshwater Fishes of Indo-Myanmar Biodiversity Hotspot

, 2018
To develop an effective conservation and management strategy, it is required to assess the biodiversity status of an ecosystem, especially when we deal with Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot.
Pramod Kumar Pandey, Yumlembam Jackie Singh, Himadri Saha, Anindya Sundar Barman, Mamta Singh, Soibam Khogen Singh, Martina Laishram   +6 more
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Primula himalayana sp. nov., a new species from eastern Himalaya, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Primula himalayana sp. nov., a new species of Primulaceae, is described and illustrated from Tawang, Lutrem, 4238 m a.s.l., Arunachal Pradesh, India. It grows under Juniperus and Berberis scrub forest in an alpine meadow. The new species belong in Primula section Cordifoliae and is resembling P.
Bipankar Hajong, Harsh Singh, Pankaj Bharali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The value of urban and peri-urban conservation efforts within a global biodiversity hotspot

, 2016
Background: Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is a key tool in conservation prioritisation. It has recently been applied within the eThekwini Municipal Area (EMA), South Africa, a rapidly developing metro located within a biodiversity hotspot.
Ray-Mukherjee, Jayanti, Rob Slotow, Lyle E. Ground, Ground, Lyle E., Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee, Slotow, Rob   +5 more
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Pinguicula brendae (Lentibulariaceae) sp. nov., a carnivorous plant from a tropical montane cloud forest in Hidalgo, Mexico

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Lentibulariaceae, Pinguicula brendae Rodríguez‐Ramírez, H.Shimai & A.R. Andrés‐Hernández, is described based on its unique morphological characteristics. This species is restricted to limestone rock walls in the San Bartolo Tutotepec municipality, central‐eastern Hidalgo, Mexico, where it inhabits a single locality on vertical, north ...
Ernesto C. Rodríguez‐ Ramírez, Hiro Shimai, Agustina R. Andrés‐ Hernández   +2 more
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Vascular plant diversity and distribution pattern in Tajikistan: A global hotspot of diversity

Regional Sustainability
Tajikistan represents a core region of the biodiversity hotspot in Central Asian mountains and has exceptional vascular plant diversity. However, the species diversity of the country faces urgent conservation challenges.
Yixin ZHOU, Suliya MA, Wenjun LI, Parvina KURBONOVA, Mariyo BOBOEV, Yufan LI, Hikmat HISORIEV, Keping MA, Weikang YANG, Yuanming ZHANG   +9 more
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Biodiversity Conservation in Xishuangbanna, China: Diversity Analysis of Traditional Knowledge Related to Biodiversity and Conservation Progress and Achievement Evaluation

Biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining the ecological balance of the earth. The study of traditional knowledge related to biological resources is a hot issue in the field of international biodiversity conservation.
Hao Zhou, Qing Huang, Xunqi Li, Yinzhi Kuang, Lun Yin   +4 more
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Three new deciduous species of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from Tawang and West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Based on morphological evidence three new deciduous species of Berberis are proposed – Berberis pseudovirescens, Berberis orbicularis and Berberis tawangensis,the types being collected in the Tawang and West Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Bipankar Hajong, Julian Harber, Pankaj Bharali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity estimation of the western region of Ghana using arthropod mean morphospecies abundance

, 2017
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. There is a global consensus on the fact that human activities are increasingly eroding biodiversity, especially in many ecologically rich regions of the world.
Kwame Oppong Hackman, Hackman, Kwame Oppong, Gong, Peng, Peng Gong   +3 more
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Vitex oreadica and V. umbellata (Lamiaceae): two new species from Cerrado and Atlantic forest of Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Vitex L. is a pantropical genus of Lamiaceae comprising 209 taxa. Brazil harbors 35 species, representing nearly 50% of the genus richness in the Neotropics, with the Amazon showing the highest richness, followed by the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains. Nevertheless, most taxonomic studies of the genus have been conducted in Africa and Asia.
Thaís Teixeira Conegiro, Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Carla Poleselli Bruniera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source