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Cecropia Moth, Cecropia Silk Moth, Robin Moth, Hyalophora cecropia Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae: Attacini)

EDIS, 2010
EENY 478, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Geoffrey R. Gallice, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this spectacular member of the Saturniidae family — synonymy, distribution, hosts, and economic importance.
Geoffrey R. Gallice
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Phytochemical diversity, therapeutic potential, and ecological roles of the Cecropia genus [PDF]

Heliyon
The genus Cecropia, a pivotal component of Neotropical flora, is renowned for its integration of traditional medicinal uses with significant ecological functions. This review aims to highlight the phytochemical diversity and pharmacological activities of
Latifah Al Shammari
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Vegetative propagation of Cecropia obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae)

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2001
Cecropia is a relatively well-known and well-studied genus in the Neotropics. Methods for the successful propagation of C. obtusifolia Bertoloni. 1840 from cuttings and air layering are described, and the results of an experiment to test the effect of ...
Louis M. LaPierre
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New Technologies for Weed Eradication—Invasive Plants Have No Place to Hide When DNA Is Involved

Proceedings, 2020
Building on the advances in molecular technology, two genetic based tools are being developedby Biosecurity Queensland to improve conventional invasive plant detection, monitoring andcontrol. [...]
Laura Simmons, Joe Vitelli, Steve Csurhes   +2 more
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Fluffy Cecropia Cocoons

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1911
Phil Rau
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Gecropia purpurascens, a new species for Brazilian Amazonia [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1977
A new species of Cecropia, C. purpurascens C.C. Berg is described. Although it is common in the vicinity of Manaus, it has been overlooked previously because Cecropia is still a poorly studied genus.
C. C. Berg
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The cultivation of the castor bean and the amba’y in Guarani communities of the Argentine Northeast, ethnobotanical approach of their history and cosmology

Bonplandia, 2018
This work studied the historical evidence of the cultivation of “amba’y”, Cecropia pachystachya (Urticaceae) in domestic areas of Guarani communities and its replacement by the castor bean or “ricino”, Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), whose cultivation ...
Héctor Alejandro Keller, Analía Pirondo, Pablo Stampella   +2 more
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The genus Cecropia: a biological clock to estimate the age of recently disturbed areas in the Neotropics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Forest successional processes following disturbance take decades to play out, even in tropical forests. Nonetheless, records of vegetation change in this ecosystem are scarce, increasing the importance of the chronosequence approach to study forest ...
Paul-Camilo Zalamea, Patrick Heuret, Carolina Sarmiento, Manuel Rodríguez, Anne Berthouly, Stéphane Guitet, Eric Nicolini, César Delnatte, Daniel Barthélémy, Pablo R Stevenson   +9 more
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Espécies de Cecropia da Amazônia Brasileira () [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1978
Resumo Na Amazônia Brasileira, ocorrem pelo menos 15 espécies de Cecropia. Destas 15 espécies, são apresentadas descrições amplas ou reduzidas e uma chave de identificações.
C. C. Berg
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Understory bird assemblage in a riparian environment dominated by Cecropia membranacea (Urticaceae) in southwestern Amazonia

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2023
Studies on bird assemblage structure in pioneer environments allow us to understand the use of space, distribution patterns, ecosystem services, and population dynamics of these ephemeral habitats.
Letícia F. Silva, Edson Guilherme
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