A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Asilidae of Michigan [PDF]
Seventy-two species of Asilidae have been recorded from Michigan. An additional seven which may occur are included. Keys to subfamilies, genera and species are given. Two subfamilies and twenty-five genera are represented.
Baker, Norman T, Fischer, Roland L
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Bio‐inspired nanophotonics: Structural color, chirality, and resonance metasurfaces
A butterfly‐wing‐inspired anisotropic plasmonic flatband resonant metasurface. Insets, photo of the butterfly, Sasakia charonda, and the SEM image of its wing scale (above); the SEM image of the metasurface (below). Abstract The dazzling colors of butterfly wings and hummingbird feathers are not painted with pigments, but crafted by nature's invisible ...
Weihan Liu, Yao Liang, Din Ping Tsai
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Pollen types of Sapindaceae from Brazilian forest fragments: apertural variation [PDF]
Morphological variations in angiosperm pollen grains may aid in the differentiation of families, genera and species. Sapindaceae pollen morphology holds promise for the recognition of taxa of this cosmopolitan family, which is well distributed in ...
Talita Kely Bellonzi +4 more
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Acaciapollenites acaciae sp. nov., una nueva políade de mimosoidea del neógeno, en la Cuenca del Colorado, Argentina [PDF]
Fossil mimosoid polyads have been recently recovered from Neogene deposits in the Colorado Basin, Argentina, and the new species Acaciapollenites acaciae sp. nov.
Caccavari, Marta Alicia +1 more
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ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza +2 more
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Em sequência às PROTEACEAE previamente examinadas, foram estudados nesta parte do Catálogo os grãos de pólen das LORANTHACEAE e OLACACEAE da floresta umbrófila subtropical do Sul do Brasil.
Ortrud Monika Barth
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This study provides the palynological analysis of 12 Crucianella L. taxa using LM and SEM. Variations in pollen size, aperture number, and exine ornamentation were identified as key traits, demonstrating their taxonomic value for distinguishing closely related species and subspecies within the genus. ABSTRACT Crucianella L.
Sevcan Celenk +3 more
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Main pollen characters in the diet of four stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the Chaco dry forest [PDF]
The pollen morphology of 59 floral resources found in 30 nests of four stingless bees was analyzed using nine characters. For identification and description, the pollen was acetolyzed and for cytoplasm measurements, the non-acetolyzed grains were ...
Favio Gerardo Vossler
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Seed production in dianthus (Dianthus plumaris L.) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Seed Technology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
Stigma receptivity, method of pollination and seed production under glass house and field conditions of ten Hammett Dianthus (Dianthus plumaris L.) cultivars were investigated in this study.
Hewage, Nandana Pushpakumara
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Systematics, similarity and Acanthaceae pollen morphology
SCOTLAND, R. W., 1992. Systematics, similarity and Acanthaceae pollen morphology. A brief discussion of the history of Acanthaceae classifications is provided. It is argued that several approaches utilizing pollen morphological data for the classification of the family can be identified.
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