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European Journal of Entomology, 2015 Vanda falcata is a species of orchid native to China, Korea and Japan. While it is arguably one of the most celebrated orchids in Japan there is no information on its pollinators. Although most species of the subtribe Aeridinae, to which V.
Kenji SUETSUGU +3 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Pholidota yunnanensis Rolfe (Orchidaceae: Coelogyninae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of Pholidota yunnanensis is presented, which represents first complete plastid genome of the genus Pholidota in the subtribe Coelogyninae. The chloroplast genome size is 159,729 bp, including a GC content of
Qiu-Ping Wu +5 more
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Habenaria dentata (Orchidaceae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Habenaria dentata is a rare species with high ornamental value in China. In this study, we report the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of H. dentata using the Illumina sequencing data. The total genome of H.
Jin Zhang +5 more
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By land and by tree: Pollinator taxa diversity of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2022 There are approximately 30,000 species in the family Orchidaceae, with some species growing terrestrially and others growing as epiphytes. Though the pollination biology of many of these species is not well known, there has been a diversity of taxa ...
Haleigh Ray, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
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The role of pollinator attracting scent in the sexually deceptive orchids Ophrys chestermanii, O. normanii and O. tenthredinifera [PDF]
, 2008 Sexual deception of male bees is one of the most remarkable mechanisms of pollination (Ackermann 1986, Proctor & al. 1996). Flowers of the orchid genus Ophrys mimic females of their pollinator species, usually bees and wasps, to attract males, which try ...
Ayasse, Manfred +9 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa +3 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Stichorkis gibbosa (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Stichorkis gibbosa is a rare orchid species of the tribe Malaxideae mainly distributed in tropical Asia. This is the only species of the genus Stichorkis Thouars which has been reported to occur in China.
Wen-Ting Yang +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Tiny, leafless fairy lanterns are easily overlooked on the forest floor. Thismia abei, endemic to Japan, persists in small, unstable populations and is listed nationally as Critically Endangered. Our recent work has revealed another, less obvious form of obscurity.
Kenji Suetsugu +2 more
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The Orchidaceae of Ruiz & Pavón’s “Flora Peruviana et Chilensis”. A taxonomic study. I
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2012 Inspired by King Carlos III in the second half of 18th Century, the Spanish government demonstrated a serious interest in the study of the rich floras of the colonies of the New World.
Franco Pupulin
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