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The hunt for Scabiosa trenta Hacq: how the pursuit of a phantom ignited a passion for botany and mountaineering

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Scabiosa trenta Hacq. was first described in 1782 by Balthasar Hacquet, with its specific epithet referring to the Trenta Valley in Slovenia. Since then, S. trenta has been the focus of numerous mountaineering and botanical expeditions, particularly by the alpinist Julius Kugy during the Golden Age of Alpinism, a period in the second half of 19th ...
Valentina Boscariol   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floral, reproductive and pollinators biology of Myrcianthes pungens (Berg) Legrand, neglected species

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2019
Studies related to floral biology are essential for the understanding of the ecological relations between different species, and the beginning of breeding programs.
Karina Guollo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic novelties in subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from South India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Extensive floristic explorations throughout southern India have uncovered some noteworthy taxonomic additions within the subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae). Three distinct taxa of Euphorbia are described and illustrated herein as E. sankarensis, E. bahalita and E. tortilis var. mysorensis.
Sarojini Devi Naidu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bee Visitors of Quaresmeira Flowers (Tibouchina granulosa Cogn.) in the Region of Dourados (MS-Brasil)

open access: yesSociobiology, 2014
This research was developed in the center-urban area at the city of Dourados (MS), in Tibouchina granulosa trees, a plant popularly known as “quaresmeira” in Brazil. The floral visitors of this species were recorded in three daily periods: 7 - 8 a.m., 1 –
Anna Kátia Brizola-Bonacina
doaj   +1 more source

Mining Public Data to Investigate the Virome of Neglected Pollinators and Other Floral Visitors. [PDF]

open access: yesViruses, 2023
de Santana SF   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vitex oreadica and V. umbellata (Lamiaceae): two new species from Cerrado and Atlantic forest of Brazil

open access: yesNordic 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meyna grisea (King & Gamble) Robyns and Meyna peltata Robyns (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae) – a new record of two ethnobotanically significant fruit trees from Manipur, India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Meyna grisea and M. peltata, two new records from Imphal Valley, Manipur, India, characterised by a capitate stigma with 4–5 divergent, spreading lobes on a globose base, and a prominent peltate stigma, respectively, are described and illustrated here. Photographs, key to the species, along with their coordinates and diagnostic characters in comparison
Pallavi B. Dhal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reestablishment and a new name for Actinostemon grandifolius (Müll.Arg.) Pax

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The genus Actinostemon has undergone several changes in its circumscription due to persistent difficulties in its taxonomic placement. The taxonomic history of the genus is controversial and marked by nomenclatural issues, particularly involving its type species, Actinostemon grandifolius Klotzsch, including incorrect synonymizations and the ...
Amanda O. Souza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polimorfismo floral e suas implicações em sistemas sexuais: o caso de Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)

open access: yesRodriguésia
Resumo O sucesso reprodutivo das plantas pode estar relacionado a diversos fatores. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar os diferentes morfos florais apresentados por Solanum melongena (híbrido Nápoli) no contexto da biologia ...
Vivian Zambon, Kayna Agostini
doaj   +1 more source

Novelty for the flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil: a new species of Ouratea Aubl. (Ochnaceae)

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Here, we describe and illustrate the new species Ouratea oberdanii Fraga & Deccache, which is named after Dr Oberdan José Pereira. This new species is found in the mountainous regions of the evergreen Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Ouratea oberdanii is similar to O. linearis (A.Gray) Sastre & Offroy and O.
Lara Serpa Jaegge Deccache   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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