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Types and other historical specimens of Allan and Richard Cunningham's taxa of Epilobium and Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from New Zealand in the Turczaninow Herbarium at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW)

Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 2020
Thirteen historical specimens (including original material, mainly syntypes and isolectotypes) of Allan and Richard Cunningham's taxa of Epilobium and Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from New Zealand recently discovered in the Turczaninow Herbarium (KW-TURCZ) at ...
Mosyakin S.L., de Lange P.J., Antonenko S.I., Klimovych N.B.   +3 more
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Saussurea × media (Asteraceae), a new natural hybrid between S. parviflora and S. controversa

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Saussurea × media Yusupovsky and E.Pjak (Asteraceae), a new nothospecies from the Altai‐Sayan Mountains, is described and illustrated. In this study, we sequenced the internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the chloroplast intergenic spacers rsp16‐trnQ and ycf4‐cemA to verify the hypothesis of hybridization between Saussurea parviflora
Daniil V. Yusupovsky, Elizaveta A. Pyak
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Stauroneis xuhuiensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from Guilin Park of Shanghai City, China

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A novel species, designated as Stauroneis xuhuiensis sp. nov., has been identified and described from Guilin Park in Shanghai City, China. Utilizing both LM and SEM, detailed observations were conducted to document the size, morphology, and ultrastructural features of this new species. S. xuhuiensis sp. nov. is characterized by linear‐lanceolate valves
Zhi‐Ping Qian, Yi‐Chi Zhang, Qing‐Min You, Qin‐Cheng Wang, Quan‐Xi Wang, Pan Yu   +5 more
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Exploring Costa Rica's fungal trends: Insights from digitized specimens

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Fungi are essential to tropical ecosystems but remain largely absent from conservation agendas. By analyzing over 78,000 fungal records from Costa Rica—a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot—this study reveals key patterns ...
Melissa Mardones, Julieta Carranza‐Velázquez, Carlos Rojas   +2 more
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Revisiting the leaf anatomy of Hymenaea martiana: new insights from anatomical and histochemical techniques

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Hymenaea martiana, known as ‘jatobá', is used in folk medicine and has similarities with Hymenaea courbaril, making its recognition difficult. Although there are different pharmacological reports that attest to its bioactive potential, there are few studies with leaf extracts in H. martiana.
Catarina Silva Lima, João Victor da Costa Santos, João Gilberto Meza Ucella Filho, Josiane Silva Araújo   +3 more
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How new plant species have been discovered in China: collection gaps and preferences over the past century

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionHow many species there are in the world remains a fundamental scientific question, serving as a critical reference for formulating and implementing effective biodiversity conservation strategies.
Dongmin Shi, Dongmin Shi, Kuiling Zu, Kuiling Zu, Jiahui Nong, Jiahui Nong, Wenjing Yang, Yuting Zhang, Yuting Zhang, Shuai Liao, Guojin Zhu, Guojin Zhu, Jie Sun, Jie Sun   +13 more
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Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
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Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
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De l’objet à caractère végétal à l’objet ethnobotanique. Penser les collectes de plantes et objets en plante

In Situ, 2017
The Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac museum in Paris houses 189 samples of medicinal plants collected during the twentieth century by various anthropologists and correspondents of the Musée de l’Homme.
Carole Brousse
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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
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