The predictive power of pollination syndromes: Passerine pollination in heterantherous Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana (Melastomataceae) [PDF]
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 +2 more
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Meriania hexamera Sprague by Targeting Syk Kinase in NF-κB Signaling [PDF]
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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Hydrolysable Tannins and Biological Activities of Meriania hernandoi and Meriania nobilis (Melastomataceae) [PDF]
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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A new Meriania from serra Aracá [PDF]
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]
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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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.
JOSÉ Luis Fernandez-Alonso +1 more
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Primer registro de Meriania sanguinea Wurdack para la provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador
INTRODUCCIÓN: Meriania sanguinea es una especie poco conocida en el Ecuador, su hábitat se circunscribe a bosques montanos de la cordillera oriental de los Andes. OBJETIVO: Reportar la presencia de M.
Giovanni Romo Rojas M
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Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae), a new species of the Andes of Ecuador
Meriania franciscana C. Ulloa & Homeier (Melastomataceae) from the southeastern province of Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, is described and illustrated.
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa
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Meriania selvaflorensis (Melastomataceae), a new climbing species of Colombia
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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Antecedentes y Objetivos: Meriania es un género neotropical de árboles y arbustos, con aproximadamente 120 especies distribuidas desde el sur de México hasta Brasil, Bolivia y las Antillas.
Juan Mauricio Posada-Herrera +1 more
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