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Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in the holoparasitic Orobanchaceae

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Based on further extensive studies of specimens in various herbaria, lectotypes are designated for many taxa of holoparasitic Orobanchaceae. In particular, 47 names in the genera Boschniakia (incl. Xylanche), Cistanche, Orobanche, Phelipanche and Phelypaea are lectotypified.
Holger Uhlich   +5 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

Interaction Between Genetic Risk and Parental Feeding Practices in the Prediction of Overweight Across Adolescence

open access: yesObesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective We examined whether genetic risk for higher BMI, parental feeding practices (restriction, pressure to eat, and monitoring), and their interactions were associated with overweight trajectories during adolescence. Methods Data came from 5568 participants aged 10–18 in the Twins' Early Development Study who had at least one measurement ...
Marthe de Roo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Matching habitat choice could be brightness‐based instead of hue‐based in green‐brown polymorphic grasshoppers

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Some prey species have evolved background matching, that is they resemble their surrounding environment in terms of colour and/or brightness. When prey populations inhabit patchy environments, they may even have evolved specialised phenotypes: each phenotype matching a specific subset of patches.
Lilian Cabon, Holger Schielzeth
wiley   +1 more source

Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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