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BioTechnologia, 2021 Thaumatococcus daniellii (Benth) is a member of a diverse family of plants known as Marantaceae. Native to the tropical forest zones of West Africa, the plant is globally famous for its low calorie, nondiabetic natural sweetener called thaumatin found in
Olumide Fadahunsi +3 more
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Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus
EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2025.Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
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UNA ESPECIE NUEVA DE CALATHEA (MARANTACEAE) DE COLOMBIA
Caldasia, 2010 Se describe y discute una nueva especie de Calathea (Marantaceae) de Colombia que crece en localidades de la región andina.
Suarez Luz Stella
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Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes, 2001 Familia pantropical de unos 30 a 32 géneros, con alrededor de 400 a 550 especies, mayormente del Nuevo Mundo. Algunos representantes tienen importancia económica tanto desde el punto de vista alimenticio, como medicinal u ornamental. El género Calathea, exclusivo de América, contiene más de la mitad de las especies de la familia, muchas de ellas son ...
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 11, Issue 2, Page 200-220, April 2025.Using Sentinel‐2 satellite images and recent deep learning architectures, we built a large‐scale vegetation map of the North of Congo and assessed the environmental drivers of the main forest types, their forest structure, their floristic and functional compositions, and their faunistic composition.
Juliette Picard +13 more
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Flora of Ceará Wetlands, Brazil: Zingiberales
RodriguésiaThe study aimed to describe the species of Zingiberales in the wetlands of Ceará. Specimens from the herbaria ALCB, EAC, HUVA and HVASF were analyzed. Field work was carried out between 2010 and 2023. As result, we recognize representatives of Cannaceae (
Hugo Pereira do Nascimento +2 more
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Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2018 Se presenta una sinopsis de la familia Marantaceae para la Argentina, donde se incluyen seis géneros y siete especies: Ctenanthe muelleri, Goeppertia eichleri, Maranta sobolifera, Saranthe eichleri, Stromanthe boliviana, Thalia geniculata y T. multiflora.
Christian A. Zanotti +2 more
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Canopy gap colonization in the Atlantic Montane Rain Forest
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2006 In the Atlantic Montane Rain Forest of South-eastern Brazil, a study was carried out to describe and evaluate canopy gap colonization. Gap composition by herb species was assessed through their soil coverage and woody species by measuring and identifying
Renato A. Ferreira de Lima +1 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.Our study unravels liana community dynamics in Congo, addressing the scarcity of central African liana literature. Using unique datasets, we offer original insights into liana functional ecology, host specificity, and competition with herbs. ABSTRACT Lianas are important components of tropical forest diversity and dynamics, yet little is known about ...
Begüm Kaçamak +14 more
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African Savanna-Forest Boundary Dynamics: A 20-Year Study.
PLoS ONE, 2016 Recent studies show widespread encroachment of forest into savannas with important consequences for the global carbon cycle and land-atmosphere interactions.
Aida Cuni-Sanchez +9 more
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