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NEW CHROMOSOME COUNTS OF ASIAN COSTACEAE AND INITIAL INSIGHTS INTO THE GENOME EVOLUTION OF THE FAMILY

Edinburgh journal of botany, 2021
Chromosome counts were obtained from six species of Costaceae from Asia. Our count of 2n = 18 for Cheilocostus speciosus confirms previous counts, and the other five counts have been made for the first time (Cheilocostus borneensis, Cheilocostus globosus,
Pim H Van Caspel, A. Poulsen, Michael Möller   +2 more
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MORFOLOGIA DE Costus spiralis (JACQ.) ROSCOE (COSTACEAE): UMA ESPÉCIE MEDICINAL EM ALTA FLORESTA, MATO GROSSO

Enciclopédia Biosfera, 2021
O objetivo da pesquisa foi apresentar a morfologia dos orgaos vegetativos ereprodutivos de Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe no municipio de Alta Floresta, MatoGrosso, alem de fotografias para auxiliarem na identificacao da especie ...
J. Fernandes
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A furostan saponin isolated from the rhizome of C. spectabilis (Costaceae) exerts cataract ameliorative effect in-vitro

Journal of Herbal Drugs, 2023
Background & Aim: Extracts from plants, such as C. spectabilis (rhizome) traditionally used for the treatment of cataract may potentially contain anticataract lead compound(s).
Salisu Shehu, Umar Habib Danmalam, Najma Ilyas, Mohammed Nuhu Danjuma, Aliyu Muhammed Musa   +4 more
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Pharmacognostic and elemental analysis of the rhizome of C. spectabilis (Fenzl) Schumann (Costaceae)

, 2021
The extract from the rhizome of Costus spectabilis (Costaceae) has been used to treat many illnesses including eye infections and cataract. The present study aimed to establish the pharmacognostic features of the rhizome by evaluating its macro ...
S. Shehu, Abdulmumin Z. Abubakar, U. Danmalam, N. Ilyas, N. Danjuma   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Costaceae

, 2016
Published as part of Kamer 1, H. Maas-van de, Maas 1, P. J. M., Wieringa 1, J. J. & Specht, C. D., 2016, Monograph of African Costaceae, pp.
Kamer 1, H. Maas-van de, Maas 1, P. J. M., Wieringa 1, J. J., Specht, C. D.   +3 more
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Costus afer (Costaceae, Zingiberales) leaf extract ameliorates naproxen-induced gastric ulcer in rats

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2021
Purpose: To examine Costus afer leaf extract (CALE) protective effects against naproxen-induced gastric ulcer and the mechanisms of protection.Methods: Rats with naproxen-induced ulcer were pretreated with either CALE (800 mg/kg), pantoprazole (20 mg/kg),
H. Khattab, Buthaina M. Aljehany
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Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics in a Megadiverse Hotspot: The Ice-Age Record of a Pre-montane Forest of Central Ecuador. [PDF]

, 2018
Tropical ecosystems play a key role in many aspects of Earth system dynamics currently of global concern, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
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Floral morphology and reproductive biology of medicinal plants: Costus (Costaceae)

Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 2021
Floral morphological studies were conducted on Costus pictus D. Don and Costus speciosus (Koening) sm, belonging to family Costaceae. Flowering period was found to be from May to November. Inflorescence was born on a leafy shoot at a terminal position in
Amita Sharma, Stuti Sharma
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Plant spacing and phosphate fertilization on costus

Ornamental Horticulture, 2018
The Cheilocostus speciosus is a species with ornamental potential, but the lack of scientific and technical information for fertilization and management of cut flowers production, turns essential to research in this area on floriculture. The aim of this
Petterson Baptista da Luz, Severino de Paiva Sobrinho, Armando Reis Tavares   +2 more
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Patterns of speciation are similar across mountainous and lowland regions for a Neotropical plant radiation (Costaceae: Costus)

bioRxiv, 2020
High species richness and endemism in tropical mountains are recognized as major contributors to the latitudinal diversity gradient. The processes underlying mountain speciation, however, are largely untested.
Oscar M. Vargas, Brittany Goldston, Dena L. Grossenbacher, Kathleen M. Kay   +3 more
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