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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.
Absy, Alley, Aspden, Bennett, Bernal, Bernal, Blaauw, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Clark, Colinvaux, Colinvaux, Colinvaux, Colinvaux, Coplen, Correa-Metrio, Cox, Cárdenas, Cárdenas, Cárdenas, Davis, de Berc, Deplazes, Faegri, Ferdon, Finsinger, Flantua, Flantua, Gentry, Gosling, Haberle, Haffer, Hall, Harling, Haug, Heine, Hijmans, Hill, Hogg, Jacobson, Juggins, Jørgensen, Keen, Liu, Livingstone, Lombardo, Lombardo, Loughlin, Luzuriaga, Malhi, Matthews-Bird, Meyers, Mosblech, Myers, Oksanen, Puyasena, Roubik, Rull, Sierra, Stocker, Stockmarr, Urrego, Urrego, van der Hammen, van’t Veer, Von Post, Whitlock, Whitney, Whittaker, Williams   +75 more
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First time reported in vitro pharmacological activity of Heliconia rostrata (Heliconiaceae) revealed its potency in pain management over a standard analgesic drug

, 2018
Heliconia rostrata, locally known as Jhulonto Chingri in Bangladesh, is generally found in several woodlands worldwide. Even though H. rostrata is mainly farmed for beautification, this plant has diverse medicinal practices around the world.
Shatil Shahriar Sm, Samuel La, F. Rabbi, B. Bhuiyan, R. Ma, Nafiujjaman   +5 more
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Lamina architecture and anatomy in the Heliconiaceae and Musaceae (Zingiberales) [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Botany, 1991
Lamina size, thickness, venation, and anatomy are studied in 15 species of Heliconia (Heliconiaceae), 3 species of Musa, and 1 of Ensete (Musaceae). The most typical laminas of these genera are large and oblong and have an acute or irregular apex and an asymmetrical cordate base.
Jimmy K. Triplett, Bruce K. Kirchoff
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Qualidade de inflorescências de Heliconia stricta e Heliconia bihai produzidas sob adubação química e orgânica

Ornamental Horticulture, 2011
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade das inflorescências de Heliconia stricta e Heliconia bihai cultivadas a pleno sol, com irrigação, sob três tratamentos: adubação química, orgânica e sem adubação.
Andrezza da Silva Machado Neto, Janie Mendes Jasmim, José Tarcísio Lima Thiébaut, Priscilla Brites Xavier   +3 more
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A transcontinental comparison of the diversity and composition of tropical forest understory herb assemblages [PDF]

, 2018
Although tropical forests are renowned for their high plant diversity, to date there has been no global quantitative evaluation of the local species richness of terrestrial forest herbs in tropical forests.
Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Cicuzza, Daniele, Delhotal, Thomas, Kessler, Michael, Krömer, Thorsten, Piedra, Henry, Poulsen, Axel   +6 more
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Genetic relationships among Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) species based on RAPD markers

Genetics and Molecular Research, 2010
The family Heliconiaceae contains a single genus, Heliconia, with approximately 180 species of Neotropical origin. This genus was formerly allocated to the family Musaceae, but today forms its own family, in the order Zingiberales. The combination of inverted flowers, a single staminode and drupe fruits is an exclusive characteristic of Heliconia ...
L P, Marouelli, P W, Inglis, M A, Ferreira, G S C, Buso   +3 more
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Somaclonal variation in micropropagated Heliconia bihai cv. Lobster Claw I plantlets (Heliconiaceae) Variação somaclonal em mudas micropropagadas de Helicônia, Heliconia Bihai cv. Lobster Claw I (Heliconiaceae)

Scientia Agricola, 2008
The occurrence of somaclonal variation is described in various cultures of agronomic interest. Such variation can be of benefit in the development of new flower varieties.
Paulo Hercílio Viegas Rodrigues
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Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community [PDF]

, 2016
Background Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing societies. To better understand the dynamics of these transitions, this article aims
A Constenla, A Constenla, A Cronquist, A Karkotis, A Pastrana, A Steward, AK Romney, B Horna, BL Gordon, BM Popkin, C Albala, C Borge, C Borge, C Camacho, C Sierra, DL Hazlett, E Méndez, F Carbonell, F Montero, GJ Martin, GP Nabhan, H Border, H Castaneda, H Castañeda, H Newing, H Pérez, HV Kuhnlein, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos-Costa Rica (INEC), J Baltodano, J Fox, J Koshear, J Smith, JA Camacho-Zamora, JE Staller, JP Madriz, L Maffi, LG Joly, LG Joly, M Altrichter, M Kappelle, M Quinlan, ME Zaldivar, N Blaikie, N Ross, N Vliet van, Ngäbe’s Traditional Doctors’ Council, PD Young, PJ Pelto, PK Virtanen, R Bernard, R Ellen, R Uauy, Rajindra K. Puri, RMT Dahlgren, S Zent, SC Weller, SC Weller, SP Borgatti, T Johns, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), U D’Ambrosio, Ugo D’Ambrosio, V Reyes-García   +62 more
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INVERTEBRADOS ASOCIADOS BRÁCTEAS DE Heliconia rostrata Y Heliconia Spathocircinata (HELICONIACEAE) EN LA ESTACIÓN BIOLÓGICA JATUN SACHA, PROVINCIA DE NAPO: UN ANÁLISIS PRELIMINAR

, 2014
Water reservoirs created by bracts of heliconia flowers are habitats of great diversity for invertebrates. Between March 4-10, 2010, invertebrates that interacted with bracts of Heliconia rostrata and Heliconia spathocircinata were collected at the Jatuh
Fabián Bersosa, Walter Simbaña, S. Moreno   +2 more
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Heliconiaceae

, 2014
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Cabezas, Francisco, Aedo, Carlos, Barberá, Patricia, Estrella, Manuel de la, Velayos, Mauricio   +4 more
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