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Secrets within stems: The cryptic Apodanthes caseariae (Apodanthaceae), a rare neotropical holoendoparasite

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Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible. We studied Apodanthes caseariae, found in central and South America, parasitizing Casearia sylvestris. Little is known about its life cycle.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez, Favio González, Estefanía Elejalde‐Baena, Juan F. Alzate, Natalia Pabón‐Mora   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Communities Associated With Acute Oak Decline of Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) in Southern Sweden. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Knapp DG, Sunde J, BakhshiGanje M, Witzell J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating plant awareness: Image composition affects student perceptions of flora and fauna

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This study investigates the effect of the positoning of plants and animals in landscape photographs on their perception by students and the detail with which they get described. We conclude that the positioning of plants, among other factors, significantly influences how strongly they are perceived.
Lars Dietrich, Johanna Dittert, Lisa Biestek, Christiane Konnemann, Roman Asshoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytochemical Profiling and Larvicidal Activity of Ethanolic Extracts from Persea americana Mill. (Var. Lorena) Against Aedes aegypti. [PDF]

Insects
Barragán-Avilez C, Pareja-Loaiza P, Girón Domínguez K, López-Monroy B, Flores AE, Sánchez-Bolívar M, Luna-Carrascal J, Pacheco-Londoño LC, Galán-Freyle NJ, Navarro Quiroz E, Castellanos-Romero K, Maestre-Serrano R, Valle-Molinares R, Espitia-Almeida F.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story

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Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
wiley   +1 more source

SapBark-64: A dataset of bark images for 64 fruit-tree sapling classes. [PDF]

Data Brief
Alizadeh S, Shamsi H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards an evidence‐based and research‐driven restoration strategy for Britain's temperate rainforests

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Woodlands globally are threatened by environmental change and biodiversity loss. Temperate rainforests are an ecologically rich ecosystem found in wet regions of the temperate zone, and Britain has the potential for major temperate rainforest coverage in its nature‐depleted landscape.
Charles Norman, Jonathan Spencer, Ulf Büntgen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Poikilospermum suaveolens</i> (Blume) Merr.: Phytochemical, Ethnomedicinal Uses, and Pharmacological Potential. [PDF]

Drug Des Devel Ther
Milanda T, Mardiana L, Hadisaputri YE, Chaerunisaa AY, Gatera VA, Puspadewi R, Rusdin A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species

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Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidng of fungal taxonomic diversity and their societal relevance.
Anna Vaiana, Francis Martin, Rasmus Kjøller, Toby Spribille, Garima Singh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source