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Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regionalización y relaciones biogeográficas de la Península de Yucatán con base en los patrones de distribución de la familia Leguminosae

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
Investigador en Sistemática Vegetal con énfasis en las familia leguminosae, Icacinaceae y Droseraceae. Mi área geográfica de interés es la Península de Yucatán, México, Mesoamérica y en general los trópcios americanos.
Rodrigo Duno-de Stefano
doaj   +1 more source

Secrets within stems: The cryptic Apodanthes caseariae (Apodanthaceae), a rare neotropical holoendoparasite

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Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible. We studied Apodanthes caseariae, found in central and South America, parasitizing Casearia sylvestris. Little is known about its life cycle.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

El registro de maderas fósiles de Leguminosae de Sudamérica The fossil wood record of Leguminosae from South America

open access: yesRevista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2011
La familia Leguminosae posee un extenso registro de maderas fósiles en todo el mundo. En Sudamérica se reconocen 56 registros afines a la familia. Se enlistan todos los registros conocidos y se incluyen algunos datos inéditos.
Roberto R Pujana   +2 more
doaj  

Plasticity in plant hydraulic traits: An evaluation of a common‐taxa experiment across a climatic gradient in the Western U.S.

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Due to climate change, plants are experiencing both prolonged drought events and increasingly variable water availability, prompting the need for better understanding of potential impacts on plant performance, as well as the identification of low‐water‐use plants.
Amelia Keyser‐Gibson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Completed plastome sequence of Sophora moorcroftiana, an endemic shrub to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Sophora moorcroftiana, an endemic Fabaceae species occurred in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China, has important economic value in local. Its completed plastome sequence is 148,930 bp in size, and comprises a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 23,787 ...
Huie Li, Lan Yang, Qian Li, Jiangrong Li
doaj   +1 more source

A taxonomic study of Albizia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Ingeae) in Mexico and Central America

open access: yesAnales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2008
The genus Albizia is economically and environmentally important because many elements are multipurpose trees. A taxonomic study of 12 Central American and Mexican Albizia species is presented. Identification keys, illustrations and ecological information
María de Lourdes Rico Arce   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

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The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anti-ulcer activity of leguminosae plants.

open access: yesArquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2014
CONTEXT Ulcer is the most common gastrointestinal disturbance resulting from an inadequate gastric mucosal defense. Several drugs are available in the market to address the disease; however, these drugs are associated with unnecessary side effects ...
N. Paguigan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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