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Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or management practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
Robbie Hart   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxonomic revision of the tropical African group of Carex subsect. Elatae (sect. Spirostachyae, Cyperaceae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The tropical African monophyletic group of Carex subsect. Elatae (sect. Spirostachyae) is distributed in continental tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene archipelago, and Bioko Island (32 km off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea ...
Escudero Lirio, Marcial   +1 more
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Assessing current curation, identification and digitisation practices in herbaria: Results from a global survey

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The value of herbarium specimens depends largely on the accuracy and accessibility of the data captured, which is dependent on curation practices. Previous studies have shown high levels of misidentification in collections, which become more problematic with increased access.
Celia C. Aceae   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

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Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

La práctica del paisajismo

open access: yesEstudios Geográficos, 2010
La práctica del paisajismo se entiende mejor si se aclara quién es hoy un paisajista, en que ámbito profesional puede trabajar, y cuáles son sus obras.
María Medina Muro
doaj   +1 more source

Tipificació de dos noms Cavanillesians, Galium Fruticescens (Rubiaceae) i Scorzonera pumila (Compositae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The Cavanillesian names Galium fruticescens and Scorzonera pumila, basionym of Launaea pumila, are lectotypified from original specimens preserved in the Cavanilles herbarium in the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (MA).Els noms cavanillesians Galium ...
Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo   +4 more
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Zannichellia contorta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This species is native to southern, central and eastern Spain, with an old record from the Atlas Mountains in northern Morocco requiring confirmation. The species is very sensitive to eutrophication and deterioration of water quality.
Carapeto, André   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Plant biostimulants and their potential role in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals

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Plant biostimulants are substances that are obtained from a variety of sources and are applied in minute quantities to enhance plant growth and vigor. In this review we detail how the use of plant biostimulants may contribute to efforts to achieving a number of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Patrick Quille   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lectotypification of Halymenia rodrigueziana J.Feldmann [= Sebdenia rodrigueziana (J.Feldmann) Codomier ex Athanasiadis (Sebdeniaceae, Rhodophyta)]. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Here we designate as a lectotype of Halymenia rodrigueziana J. Feldmann the sheet JF2328 held in the Herbarium of J. Feldmann, included in the Herbarium of the Cryptogam Laboratory of the Muséum National d"Histoire Naturelle de Paris (PC).
Manghisi, Antonio   +1 more
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Open letter: The need for a site‐based biodiversity standard measuring and certifying impacts from nature‐based projects

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Despite growing investment in restoration, weak accountability and poor biodiversity monitoring mean many projects fail to achieve ecological recovery. The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) offers a practical way to ensure that restoration finance delivers measurable gains for nature.
David Bartholomew   +254 more
wiley   +1 more source

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