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Abstract Ensuring that genera are monophyletic should result in a stable classification that better reflects evolutionary history, and which can serve as a framework for answering broader scientific questions. It is also important that species can be assigned to genera easily and unambiguously so as to remove barriers to identification and species ...
Long‐Fei Fu +7 more
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Four new species of Andean Pilea (Urticaceae), with additional notes on the genus in Venezuela
Four new species of Pilea (Urticaceae) from the Andes of Venezuela are described and illustrated: Pilea matthewii sp. nov., P. miguelii sp. nov., P. nicholasii sp. nov., and P. nidiae sp. nov.
Laurence J. Dorr, Basil Stergios
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“Have the Menacing Alcaean Muses Blown the War Trumpets Again?” Two Versions of Jacobus Wallius’ Ode to Mathias Casimirus Sarbieviu [PDF]
Item does not contain fulltextThe article discusses the Neo-Latin eulogy by the Flemish Jesuit Jacobus Wallius (1599-1690) to the famous Pole Mathias Casimirus Sarbievius (1595-1640).
Hulsenboom, Paul
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CAM photosynthesis: the acid test
Summary There is currently considerable interest in the prospects for bioengineering crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis – or key elements associated with it, such as increased water‐use efficiency – into C3 plants. Resolving how CAM photosynthesis evolved from the ancestral C3 pathway could provide valuable insights into the targets for ...
Klaus Winter, J. Andrew C. Smith
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Mauritius since the last glacial:environmental and climatic reconstruction of the last 38 000 years from Kanaka Crater [PDF]
A 10 m long peat core from the Kanaka Crater (20° 25′ S, 57° 31′ E), located at 560 m elevation in Mauritius, was analyzed for microfossils. Eight radiocarbon ages show the pollen record reflects environmental and climatic change of the last ca.
Baider +44 more
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Pest categorisation of <i>Selenaspidus articulatus</i>. [PDF]
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +27 more
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Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for reproductive problems [PDF]
Background Throughout history women have tried to control or enhance their fertility using herbal remedies, with various levels of societal support. Caribbean folk medicine has been influenced by European folk medicine, either through the early Spanish ...
Cheryl Lans
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The Scandalmonger: Julian Tuwim [PDF]
The article attempts to argue that Tuwim’s personality and work can be explained by looking into his early childhood and writing. It is definitely the period inadequately explored by critics.
Łuszczykiewicz, Piotr
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Sesquiterpenoids from Pilea cavaleriei
One new cis p-coumaroyl copaborneol-type sesquiterpenoid (1), together with its known trans isomer (2) and six other known p-coumaroyl humulane-type sesquiterpenoids (3–8), were isolated from the whole plants of Pilea cavaleriei. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic data.
Yong, Zhou +5 more
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In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory and Skin Moisturizing Properties (Levl.) Hand.-Mazz. Extracts
The in vitro anti-inflammatory and skin moisturizing activities of Pilea martini (Levl.) Hand.-Mazz. were investigated on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages and human immortalized keratinocytes.
Jieun Choi +11 more
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