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

Nordic 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, Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Carla Poleselli Bruniera   +2 more
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iEcology reveals the importance of geography and genetic makeup in the flowering phenology of invasive Carpobrotus taxa

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Understanding the flowering phenology of invasive alien plants is essential for predicting their potential impacts on invaded ecosystems and developing effective management strategies.
Susan Canavan, Jonatan Rodríguez, Paula Gervazoni, Pavel Pipek, Johannes J. Le Roux, María L. Castillo, Deah Lieurance, Desika Maříková‐Moodley, Petr Pyšek, Ana Novoa   +9 more
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Meyna grisea (King & Gamble) Robyns and Meyna peltata Robyns (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae) – a new record of two ethnobotanically significant fruit trees from Manipur, India

Nordic 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, Anishya, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Rajkumari Sanayaima Devi   +3 more
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Additions to the Acanthaceae of the Flora of Tropical East Africa: two new species from northern Kenya

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The new species Barleria kulalensis I.Darbysh. & Q.Luke and Dicliptera huriensis I.Darbysh. & Q.Luke are described and illustrated and their extinction risk is assessed provisionally. The former is based on Barleria sp. G of the Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA), with recent field observation and collection of this species from the foothills of ...
Iain Darbyshire, Quentin Luke
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Reestablishment and a new name for Actinostemon grandifolius (Müll.Arg.) Pax

Nordic 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, Josimar Külkamp, Otávio Luis M. da Silva, Inês Cordeiro, Daniela S. Carneiro‐Torres   +4 more
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Novelty for the flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil: a new species of Ouratea Aubl. (Ochnaceae)

Nordic 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, Sabrina Vasconcelos Caram, Karen Lúcia Gama De Toni, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Claudio Nicoletti de Fraga   +4 more
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Regularity, Randomness, and Aggregation in Flowering Phenologies [PDF]

Science, 1979
R W, Poole, B J, Rathcke
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Flowering Phenology and Mating System of Calanthe sieboldii

Horticulturae
The pollination characteristics and flowering phenology of Calanthe sieboldii were evaluated to elucidate its reproductive characteristics and breeding systems. Field observations and artificial pollination experiments were conducted to study the pollination biology in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province.
Huayuan Zhang, Xiuping Chen, Jianglin Miao, Shuwen Deng, Cuiyi Liang, Muyang Li, Shasha Wu, Junwen Zhai   +7 more
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Cybianthus anthuriophyllus (Primulaceae), a new record for the flora of Colombia: distribution modeling and conservation assessment

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Cybianthus anthuriophyllus (Primulaceae) was previously known from eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. Here we document the first confirmed occurrences of this species in Colombia and develop a distribution model based on collections from the Andean–Amazonian foothills of Caquetá, Cauca, and Putumayo departments, in order to clarify its conservation ...
David Hoyos, Juan Sebastián Moreno, Jorge Luis Contreras, Edwin Trujillo‐ Trujillo, David Sanín   +4 more
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A new combination in Strophopappus (Asteraceae, Vernonieae, Lepidaploinae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Revisions of herbarium collections reveal a new combination in Strophopappus (Asteraceae, Vernonieae, Lepidaploinae). Strophopappus comprises nine species occurring in South America, eight of which are endemic to Brazil. Currently, Vernonia riedeliana is treated as a synonym of Strophopappus bicolor.
Danielle Remor, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Benoît Loeuille   +2 more
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