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Revisiting Amazonian Plants for Skin Care and Disease

Cosmetics, 2017
This review concerns five species of trees and palm trees that occur as dominant plants in different rainforest areas of the Amazon region. Due to their abundance, these species can be exploited as sustainable sources of botanical materials and include ...
Bruno Burlando, Laura Cornara
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Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2312-2345, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Plant–pollinator interactions structure ecological communities and represent a key component of ecosystem functioning. Pollination networks are expected to be more diverse and specialised in the tropics, but pollination ecology in these regions has been understudied in comparison to other areas.
Cristina Rueda‐Uribe, Alexander Chautá, Tamsin L. Woodman, Eloisa Lasso, Roxibell C. Pelayo, Laura Milena Manrique‐Garzón, Marcia C. Muñoz, Rebekka Allgayer, Tia‐Lynn Ashman, Greta Bocedi, David F.R.P. Burslem, Pedro A. Camargo‐Martínez, María Ángela Echeverry‐Galvis, Catalina González‐Arango, Cecile Gubry‐Rangin, Lesley T. Lancaster, Kara K.S. Layton, Fabio Manfredini, Carlos Martel, Lia Montti, Alexander S.T. Papadopulos, Robert A. Raguso, Jonathan Ready, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara, Camila Rocabado, Justin M. J. Travis   +25 more
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Amazonia's Cassava and Manioc Through Historical Times

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This provocation calls readers to think more deeply about the role anthropology could play in radically disrupting plant blindness. Thanks to Environmental Humanities, the natural world is no longer apprehended as a mere backdrop to human activity.
Laura Rival
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Ensuring Pollinator Presence in Expanding Oil Crops: The Case of Mystrops debilis (Nitidulidae) and the Macauba Palm (Acrocomia aculeata, Arecaceae)

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 8, Page 1180-1195, September 2025.
ABSTRACT The macauba palm (Acrocomia aculeata, Arecaceae) is a Neotropical native oil palm, increasingly important in Central and South America due to rising demand for raw materials and its potential for bioenergy. Understanding its pollinator ecology is crucial to identify new areas for cultivation. This study examines the structure of floral visitor
Javier Carreño‐Barrera, Artur Campos Dália Maia, Carlos Augusto Colombo, Luis Alberto Nuñez‐Avellaneda   +3 more
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AMAZON RAINFOREST COSMETICS: CHEMICAL APPROACH FOR QUALITY CONTROL

Química Nova, 2016
The market for natural cosmetics featuring ingredients derived from Amazon natural resources is growing worldwide. However, there is neither enough scientific basis nor quality control of these ingredients.
Mariko Funasaki, Hileia dos Santos Barroso, Valdelira Lia Araújo Fernandes, Ingrid Sabino Menezes   +3 more
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Palm Demography Is Biased Towards Neotropical and Human‐Used Species, While the Richest Biogeographic Region and Threatened Taxa Are Neglected

Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Demographic studies are essential for understanding how species populations respond over time to environmental conditions and anthropogenic pressures. This knowledge is crucial for developing effective conservation and management strategies. The Arecaceae family (palms), comprising approximately 2500 species, plays significant ecological and ...
Eduardo Mendes, Amanda S. dos Santos, Guilherme Gama, Rita C. Q. Portela   +3 more
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Las palmas entre los grupos cazadores-recolectores de la Amazonia Colombiana

Caldasia, 1998
We compare past and present systems of management of palms in the Colombian Amazon, based on archaeological studies of preceramic groups in the middle Caquetá region and ethnographic research on the nomadic Nukak people, who inhabit northeastern Guaviare
Morcote Ríos Gaspar, Cabrera Becerra Gabriel, Mahecha Rubio Dany, Franky Calvo Carlos Eduardo, Cavalier F. Inés   +4 more
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Defaunation Increases Clustering and Fine‐Scale Spatial Genetic Structure in a Small‐Seeded Palm Despite Remaining Small‐Bodied Frugivores

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 2, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Anthropogenic pressures such as hunting are increasingly driving the localised functional extinctions of large‐ and medium‐sized wildlife in tropical forests, a phenomenon broadly termed ‘defaunation’. Concurrently in these areas, smaller‐bodied species benefit from factors such as competitive release and increase in numbers.
Therese Lamperty, Zoe Diaz‐Martin, Varun Swamy, Jordan Karubian, Juanita Choo, Amy E. Dunham   +5 more
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Extracción, optimización y capacidad antioxidante de extractos de frutos silvestres de palmas (E. oleraceae, O. bataua y O. mapora) del Pacífico colombiano

Acta Agronómica
Es suficientemente conocido el valor nutricional y las características químicas de la especie Euterpe oleracea; sin embargo, en la región Pacífica colombiana existen otras especies poco conocidas de la familia Arecaceae con potencial valor en cuanto al ...
Julián Andrés Mora Varela, Sebastián Mora Mejía, Juan Felipe Grisales Mejía, Hugo Alexander Martínez Correa, Harlen Gerardo Torres Castañeda   +4 more
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Productos forestales no maderables: uso y conocimiento de frutas silvestres comestibles del Chocó, Colombia

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2019
Introducción: los productos forestales no maderables proporcionan seguridad alimentaria en contextos rurales. Objetivo: ampliar la lista de plantas silvestres prometedoras en Chocó, Colombia. Métodos: entrevistamos a 150 adultos (10% de la población) con
Leonomir Córdoba Tovar, Heidy Gamboa Bejarano, Yeliza Mosquera Mosquera, Yuber Palacios, Manuel Haminton Salas Moreno, Pablo Andrés Ramos Barón   +5 more
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