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Differential nitrogen cycling in semiarid sub-shrubs with contrasting leaf habit. [PDF]
Nitrogen (N) is, after water, the most limiting resource in semiarid ecosystems. However, knowledge on the N cycling ability of semiarid woody plants is still very rudimentary.
Sara Palacio +2 more
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Drivers of the differentiation between broad-leaved trees and shrubs in the shift from evergreen to deciduous leaf habit in forests of eastern Asian subtropics [PDF]
In eastern Asian subtropical forests, leaf habit shifts from evergreen to deciduous broad-leaved woody plants toward higher latitudes. This shift has been largely explained by the greater capacity of deciduous broad-leaved plants to respond to harsh ...
Yi Jin, Hong Qian
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Leaves are enormously diverse in their size and venation architecture, both of which are core determinants of plant adaptation to environments. Leaf size is an important determinant of leaf function and ecological strategy, while leaf venation, the main ...
Guoquan Peng +7 more
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Plants show an extraordinary diversity in chemical composition and are characterized by different functional traits. However, relationships between the foliar primary and specialized metabolism in terms of metabolite numbers and composition as well as ...
Rabea Schweiger +4 more
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In order to understand of the drivers of the ratio of deciduous broad-leaved plants (DBL) to evergreen broad-leaved plants (EBL) and the diversities of each leaf habit group in the karst forests, with 43 secondary karst forest sample plots in Puding ...
Yanjiao MAO +5 more
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Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis L.) is a commonly used small landscape tree. Compact growth, purple leaf color, and weeping architecture are three popular ornamental phenotypes.
Hsuan Chen, Dennis J. Werner
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Hedyotis konhanungensis (Rubiaceae): A new species from the central highlands of Vietnam [PDF]
A new species of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae), Hedyotis konhanungensis B.H. Quang, T.A. Le, K.S. Nguyen & Neupane, is described and illustrated from the central highlands of Vietnam based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence.
Bui Hong Quang +7 more
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Viola shiweii, a new species of Viola (Violaceae) from karst forest in Guizhou, China [PDF]
Viola shiweii Xiao C. Li & Z. W. Wang (Violaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China, is described, based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is morphologically most similar to V.
Xiao-Chen Li +6 more
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Three new species of Bredia (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from the Sino-Vietnamese border area [PDF]
Bredia bullata, B. enchengensis, and B. nitida (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae), three species occurring in Sino-Vietnamese limestone karst regions, are described as new.
Jin-Hong Dai +6 more
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Homage to Professor Shinko Ogiwara [PDF]
Primula undulifolia sp. nov. (A) Habit in Flowering; (B) Type Locality; (C) Calyx; (D) Pin and Thrum Flowers; (E) Leaf. Photographed by Yuan XU.
Chi-Ming Hu (134518) +3 more
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