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Another Little-known History of Botany [PDF]
IN Nature of May 7, p. 732, Dr. Jules Brunel inquires about the "L. G." who was responsible for the "Precis de l'Histoire de la Botanique", the last of the seventeen volumes of "Le Regne Vegetal", by O. Reveil, and others, Paris, 1870–71. The work in question is not accessible to me ; but I find that, in the catalogue of the Library of the British ...
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Manuel Galvão da Silva’s philosophical journey to Goa (1784)
At the end of the 1770s, Portugal began to prepare to participate in the global strategic repositioning process carried out by the European colonial powers in the second half of the 18th century.
Magnus Roberto de Mello Pereira +1 more
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A short history of medicinal plants in Romania
The traditions of the exploration and use of medicinal plants is reviewed, starting with the time of Thracians and Geto-Dacians who founded first a deep knowledge and a high level of folk-medicines in the area.
Leon Sorin MUNTEAN
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The Herbarium of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland (KRA) has extensive collections. The Pinaceae family in KRA embraces 1,057 herbarium sheets and contains representatives of eight out of 11 genera usually distinguished in the family.
Anna Plewa, Piotr Köhler
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Panax siamensis J. Wen, a new species of the ginseng genus (Panax, Araliaceae) from northern Thailand [PDF]
We herein describe a new species, Panax siamensis J. Wen, from the tropical monsoon forests in northern Thailand. Panax siamensis is characterized by a combination of characters including horizontally elongated rhizomes with thick internodes, 3–5 whorled
Jun Wen +2 more
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Species delimitation in the cyanolichen genus Rostania
Background In this study, we investigate species limits in the cyanobacterial lichen genus Rostania (Collemataceae, Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes). Four molecular markers (mtSSU rDNA, β-tubulin, MCM7, RPB2) were sequenced and analysed with two coalescent-
Alica Košuthová +3 more
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Not all temperate deciduous trees are leafless in winter: The curious case of marcescence
Temperate deciduous forests by definition include a large proportion of woody species that shed their leaves each autumn and are completely leafless during winter months.
J. Mason Heberling, Rose‐Marie Muzika
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Phylogeny of the European Collema species (Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes) [PDF]
The phylogenetic relationships and morphological diversity within European Collema s. str. species were investigated. A total of 104 new sequences (four molecular markers; mtSSU, b-tub, MCM7, and RPB2 genes) from 28 specimens were generated, and analysed
Alica Košuthová +3 more
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Pharmacy and Fragrances: Traditional and Current Use of Plants and Their Extracts
This paper aims to establish a current relationship between pharmaceutical sciences andthe development of perfumes and fragrances, which bring significant economic benefits.
Francisco José González-Minero +2 more
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Improved non-destructive 2D and 3D X-ray imaging of leaf venation
Background Leaf venation traits are important for many research fields such as systematics and evolutionary biology, plant physiology, climate change, and paleoecology.
Julio V. Schneider +5 more
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