The predictive power of pollination syndromes: Passerine pollination in heterantherous Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana (Melastomataceae) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The cloud forest species Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana has pseudocampanulate flowers with bulbous stamen appendages, typical for the passerine pollination syndrome found in the Melastomataceae tribe Merianieae. The species is further characterized
José Miguel Valverde‐Espinoza +3 more
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Hydrolysable Tannins and Biological Activities of Meriania hernandoi and Meriania nobilis (Melastomataceae) [PDF]
Molecules, 2019 A bio-guided study of leaf extracts allowed the isolation of two new macrobicyclic hydrolysable tannins, namely merianin A (1) and merianin B (2), and oct-1-en-3-yl β-xylopyranosyl-(1„-6’)-β-glucopyranoside (3) from Meriania ...
Claudia Lorena Valverde Malaver +6 more
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Revisión taxonómica del género Meriania (Melastomataceae) en Colombia [PDF]
Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2021 Antecedentes y Objetivos: El género Meriania cuenta con 120 especies neotropicales, 51 de ellas en Colombia. En este trabajo se aborda la revisión taxonómica del género para Colombia; se documentan especies, subespecies y sinónimos nuevos. Métodos: Se
Humberto Mendoza Cifuentes
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Meriania selvaflorensis (Melastomataceae), a new climbing species of Colombia [PDF]
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2011 Meriania selvaflorensis (Melastomataceae) from “Selvas de Florencia” National Park of the department of Caldas, Central Mountains, flank of Magdalena River, Colombia, is described and illustrated.
Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes
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Novedades en Axinaea y Meriania (Melastomataceae) de Colombia [PDF]
Caldasia, 2001 Se describen e ilustran dos especies nuevas de los géneros Axinaea y Meriania (Melastomataceae) de Colombia. Además, se discuten sus afinidades taxonómicas y algunos aspectos ecológicos, y se incluyen claves para las especies más similares.Two new ...
Lozano Gustavo, Alvear Marcela
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Meriania hexamera Sprague by Targeting Syk Kinase in NF-κB Signaling [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Inflammation is a protective mechanism against harmful stimuli. There are two types of inflammation, acute and chronic, and severe diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer can be caused by chronic inflammation.
Ki Woong Kwon +5 more
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A new Meriania from serra Aracá [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1986 Meriania aracaensis wurdack is described from collections on Serra Aracá, Amazonas, Brazil.
John J. Wurdack
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Angiosperms and the Linnean shortfall: three new species from three lineages of Melastomataceae at one spot at the Atlantic Forest [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Three new species of Angiosperms have been found in four short collection trips to the same protected reserve—“Estação Ecológica Estadual de Wenceslau Guimarães”—and neighboring areas in the Atlantic Forest in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia ...
Renato Goldenberg +3 more
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Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2012 A historical review, the circumscription problems and nomenclatural changes based upon a phylogenetic morphological analysis of the genus Centronia are presented. In this framework, four Andean species of Centronia are transfered to the genus Meriania (M.
Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes +1 more
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MERIANIA (MELASTOMATACEAE; MERIANIEAE) NO RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2008 RESUMO Apresenta-se o estudo taxonômico do gênero Meriania no Rio de Janeiro, com chave para identificação das espécies, descrições, ilustrações e comentários sobre distribuição geográfica e afinidades, bem como novos sinônimos.
Berenice Chiavegatto +1 more
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