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Conservation status of species used in the UK herbal medicine industry

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Given the ongoing biodiversity crisis, sustainable use and management of medicinal plants is critical. We assessed the conservation status, threats and conservation actions of 298 species sold by UK suppliers to medical herbalists. We found that most species used are unevaluated, representing a gap in conservation knowledge, and of those with ...
Isabella Flowers, Jon C. Lovett, Christopher Hassall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

First reports and generic descriptions of the achlorophyllous holoparasites Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) of Colombia

Actualidades Biológicas, 2014
The Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) are one of the 12 parasitic clades of flowering plants and the only holoparasitic family with a vegetative phase entirely endophytic, growing primarily on Fabaceae and Salicaceae stems.
Favio González, Natalia Pabón-Mora
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Diversity, distribution and threat status of Fabaceae plants in Costa Rica: a 135-year herbarium record

Cuadernos de investigación UNED
Introduction: The Fabaceae family is one of the most abundant in Costa Rica, with at least 136 genera and 593 species, many of which are important for agriculture, forestry, and ornamental purposes.
Donifer Campos Parra, Andres Blanco Picado, Keilor Rojas Jimenez   +2 more
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A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa, Onismus Chipfunde, Christopher Chapano, Patience Chatukuta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Markedly Divergent Tree Assemblage Responses to Tropical Forest Loss and Fragmentation across a Strong Seasonality Gradient [PDF]

, 2015
We examine the effects of forest fragmentation on the structure and composition of tree assemblages within three seasonal and aseasonal forest types of southern Brazil, including evergreen, Araucaria, and deciduous forests.
AR Ruschel, AT Oliveira-Filho, B Rambo, BA Santos, BMJ Engelbrecht, Carlos A. Peres, CD Inácio, CJ Krebs, D Faria, D Lobo, DE Prado, DH Janzen, Dusan Gomory, E Nimer, EE Santo-Silva, F Michalski, FA Bazzaz, FA Bazzaz, FP Werneck, FPL Melo, FPL Melo, FPL Melo, G Castillo-Campos, G Halffter, Gabriel Mendes, Giehl EL Hettwer, H Behling, H Behling, H Lorenzi, HK Gibbs, HP Veloso, J Chave, J Chave, JA Foley, JB Wilson, JL Waechter, JMC Silva, João A. Jarenkow, KE Stoner, LDS Duarte, LdS Duarte, M Benchimol, M Dufrene, M Quesada, M Sobral, M Tabarelli, M Tabarelli, M Tabarelli, M Tabarelli, MA Oliveira, Marcelo Tabarelli, MB Carlucci, MC Ribeiro, N Myers, NM Holbrook, O Hammer, PG Murphy, R Borchert, RJ Hijmans, Rodrigo L. L. Orihuela, ROJ Bierregaard, S Putz, SC Fontana, SFB Ferraz, SJ Wright, TA Gardner, TC Whitmore, TC Whitmore, van der Pijl, WF Laurance, WF Laurance, WF Laurance, WF Laurance, WF Laurance, WF Laurance, WF Laurance, WF Laurance   +76 more
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Rethinking intensification: Biodiversity‐inclusive management sustains coconut yields

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Coconut palm expansion in West Africa will shape rural livelihoods and ecosystems. Our findings show that intensive practices reduce beneficial soil fungi and increase pathogens, threatening long‐term productivity. Lower‐intensity management that retains ground vegetation can sustain or boost yields while improving soil health.
Benjamin J. Roberts, C. M. ( Tilly) Collins, Konan Engueran Djaha, Hamish Duncalf‐Youngson, Konan Jean Louis, Hala N'klo, Emma Ransome, Doubi Bi Tra Serges, Jahcub Trew, Jake Williams, Vincent Savolainen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing coextinction of insects in a changing climate [PDF]

Approximately a quarter of global terrestrial biodiversity is represented by plant dwelling insects and the potential for thousands of species to be extinguished through widespread disturbances such as a changing climate is high. From a large database of
Mei Chen Leng, Melinda Moir
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INDEPENDENT ORIGINATION OF FLORAL ZYGOMORPHY, A PREDICTED ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TO POLLINATORS: DEVELOPMENTAL AND GENETIC MECHANISMS [PDF]

, 2016
Observations of floral development indicate that floral organ initiation in pentapetalous flowers more commonly results in a medially positioned abaxial petal (MAB) than in a medially positioned adaxial petal (MAD), where the medial plane is defined by ...
Bukhari, Ghadeer, Zhang, Wenheng
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Cirsium arvense management with electrical weed control and clopyralid

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Electrical weed control (EWC) treatments reduced Cirsium arvense biomass by ≤95% and suppressed new shoot emergence by 70–95%, achieving control comparable to clopyralid. Sequential or integrated applications enhanced efficacy, demonstrating EWC's potential as a nonchemical tool for perennial weed management in orchard systems.
Luisa Carolina Baccin, Marcelo L. Moretti   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-barcoding in combination with palynological inference is a potent diagnostic marker for honey floral composition

AMB Express, 2017
Identification of floral samples present in honey is important in order to determine the medicinal value, enhance the production of honey as well as to conserve the honey bees.
Rama Chandra Laha, Surajit De Mandal, Lalhmanghai Ralte, Laldinfeli Ralte, Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar, Guruswami Gurusubramanian, Ramalingam Satishkumar, Raja Mugasimangalam, Nagesh Aswathnarayana Kuravadi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source