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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 +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 +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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Molecules, 2018 Plant extracts from the genus Cecropia have been used by Latin-American traditional medicine to treat metabolic disorders and diabetes. Previous results have shown that roots of Cecropia telenitida contain pentacyclic triterpenes and these molecules ...
Catalina Mosquera +2 more
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Vegetative propagation of Cecropia obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae).
Revista de biologia tropical, 2001 Cecropia es un género bien conocido y bien estudiado en los Neotrópicos. Se discuten métodos exitosos para la propagación de C. obtusifolia Bertoloni, 1840 de fragmentos de troncos y acodos aéreos. Acontinuación se presentan los resultados de un experimento para examinar los efectos de dos tipos de hormonas (NAA e IBA) en la producción de raíces ...
Louis M. LaPierre
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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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Selection of chemical markers for the quality control of medicinal plants of the genus Cecropia
Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017 Context: Several Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species are traditionally used in Latin America for the treatment of a variety of diseases including diabetes, arterial hypertension, asthma, bronchitis, anxiety, and inflammation.
Andrés Rivera-Mondragón +6 more
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Avaliação do perfil farmacognóstico e do potencial antimicrobiano do extrato etanólico do caule da Cecropia pachystachya T. (embaúba) [PDF]
Infarma: Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018 Many of the plants found in the Brazilian savanna are used for the treatment of numerous diseases. These plants present several peculiarities, such as the family Cecropiaceae.
Alvelino Serafim MESQUITA +4 more
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Sociobiology, 2013 Cecropia are pioneer successional trees frequently associated with ants. Generally a single dominant colony of Azteca ant inhabits each mature Cecropia tree, but other ant species may be found living or foraging on the same tree.
Paula CJ Reis +4 more
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Holos, 2010 A conservação de espécies prestadoras de serviços ecológicos em paisagens amazônicas como os agros-ecossistemas locais do Baixo Amazonas é de extrema importância no input de minerais através da serrapilheira produzida por estas espécies.
Patricia Chaves de Oliveira, Licio Mota
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