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Reproductive biology of Bellucia (MELASTOMATACEAE) [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1986 The reproductive biology of five of the seven species of Bellucia (Melastomataceae), a genus of shrubs and small trees, was investigated in Amazonia. Sucessful fruit-set by Bellucia requires floral visitation by bees. The flowers are produced continuously all year, and are visited by a wide variety of female bees, the principal pollinators being ...
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Sensitivity of the grassland-forest ecotone in East African open woodland savannah to historical rainfall variation [PDF]
, 2014 . Fossil pollen records provide key insight into the sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change at longer time scales. However, tracing vegetation response to relatively modest historical climate fluctuations is often complicated by the ...
Gelorini, Vanessa +2 more
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Taxonomic notes on Pleiochiton (Melastomataceae - Miconieae) [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2010 Abstract Here we propose lectotypification for Melastoma coccinea and Pleiochiton glaziovianum, neotypification for Clidemia suffruticosa, new combinations for C. blepharodes and C. parasitica into Pleiochiton, and the synonymization of C. suffruticosa under P. blepharodes.
Reginato, Marcelo +2 more
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Nomenclatural notes on Behuria (Melastomataceae - Merianieae) [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2010 Abstract This study adds new synonyms, combinations, and lectotypifications for the genus Behuria. Three synonyms are proposed, Benevidesia (= Behuria), Behuria corymbosa var. grandifolia (= Behuria corymbosa) and Behuria souzalimae var. pallescens (= Behuria souzalimae), two new combinations, Behuria organensis (= Benevidesia organensis) and Behuria ...
Baumgratz, José Fernando A. +1 more
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Invasive Melastomataceae in Seychelles [PDF]
Oryx, 1993 The Seychelles are the only high oceanic islands of granitic origin and their native vegetation is thus of considerable botanical interest. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries widespread clearance for coconut and cinnamon plantations resulted in native forest being confined mainly to montane areas. Cinnamon has proved to be very invasive in
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Cyphotheca, a shrub narrowly endemic to Yunnan, southwest China, is a monotypic genus of Sonerileae in Melastomataceae. The species, Cyphotheca montana, is dwindling and is listed as ‘Near Threatened (NT)’ by IUCN Red List of China. Herein, we report the
Zhenying Wen +4 more
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Bimodal Pollination Systems in Andean Melastomataceae Involving Birds, Bats, and Rodents
American Naturalist, 2019 Floral adaptation to a single most effective functional pollinator group leads to specialized pollination syndromes. However, adaptations allowing for pollination by two functional groups (bimodal pollination systems) remain a rarely investigated ...
A. Dellinger +8 more
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Taxonomic notes on Leandra (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) [PDF]
Hoehnea, 2012 In this paper we propose 11 synonyms and six lectotypes for eastern Brazilian species of Leandra. Leandra urophylla and L. nutans are placed in the synonymy of L. acutiflora; Leandra atropurpurea in the synonymy of L. australis; Ossaea ramboi in the synonymy of L. catharinensis; Leandra pulchra in the synonymy of L.
Reginato, Marcelo, Goldenberg, Renato
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Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 2021 El Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia (CPLC) es el principal referente de la flora del país, por lo que es importante actualizarlo. Con base en revisiones de colecciones de herbarios regionales y de Norte América, se proponen nuevos sinónimos ...
Humberto Mendoza Cifuentes +2 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019 Dissotis thollonii Cogn. (Melastomataceae) is a tropical plant widely used in traditional Cameroonian medicine to relieve and treat many pathologies.
Stéphanie Flore Djuichou Nguemnang +7 more
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