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Ecological significance of fruit displays in Myrtaceae: relationship between fruit colour, maturation stage, attractiveness and seed germination

Oikos, EarlyView.
Fruit colour has long fascinated scientists and is widely considered an evolutionary adaptation to attract both avian and mammalian frugivores. While fleshy fruits play a key role in plant–animal interactions by promoting seed dispersal, the functional significance of colour variation, particularly multicoloured displays during ripening, remains poorly
Hercília Freitas da Cunha, Eduardo Luiz Voigt, Eliana Cazetta, Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier   +3 more
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Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Lecythidaceae, Marcgraviaceae e Primulaceae

Rodriguésia
Resumo A ordem Ericales nos remanescentes de Floresta Atlântica da Usina São José foi previamente tratada com a monografia da família Sapotaceae. Dando continuidade aos estudos dessa flora, neste trabalho o tratamento da ordem Ericales é atualizado com a
Bruno S. Amorim, Jefferson R. Maciel, Aline Melo, Marccus Alves   +3 more
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Road air pollution harms the reproductive success of a bee‐pollinated wildflower: A dusty threat to biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Dust, a common form of air pollution, is particularly problematic on roadsides, which are important habitats for plants and pollinators. We investigated whether and how road dust affects plant sexual reproduction using Primula chungensis in a biodiversity hotspot. Our study provides compelling evidence that road dust can harm plant reproductive success
Yong‐Peng Cha, Yin‐Mei Ma, David W. Inouye, Zhao‐Li Tong, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang   +4 more
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Metabarcoding of Pollen Carried by Syrphids Reveals Novel Plant–Pollinator Interactions in a Protected Natural Area and Agricultural Sites

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Using DNA metabarcoding, this study investigates pollen transported by syrphids (Syrphidae) in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and agricultural sites in Northern Italy. The analysis reveals a high diversity of visited plant taxa, including previously undocumented plant–pollinator interactions.
Serena Magagnoli, Daniele Sommaggio, Claudio Ratti, Riccardo Baroncelli, Andrea Menicucci, Enrico Vettorazzo, Giovanni Burgio   +6 more
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Seasonality and plasticity in the use of native and introduced plant resources by a large forest parrot

Ibis, EarlyView.
Human‐induced environmental change is reshaping plant communities, requiring native animals to adapt their foraging behaviour to track and exploit novel food resources. Trees such as pines (Pinus spp.) introduced for plantation forestry outside of their native ranges often become naturalized.
Tirth Vaishnav, Kevin Chase Burns, Rachael C. Shaw   +2 more
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Rhododendron diversity patterns provide new insights for conserving China's montane flora

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Integrating distribution, phylogenetic, and functional trait data for 603 Rhododendron species in China identified significant conservation hotspots of multidimensional diversity, particularly in the Hengduan Mountains. Climate seasonality and topographic heterogeneity jointly influenced these patterns; however, notable conservation gaps remained ...
Ming‐Shu Zhu, Zhi‐Qiong Mo, Ya‐Yuang Luo, Chao‐Nan Fu, Ting Zhang, Michael Möller, Jie Cai, Wei Zheng, De‐Zhu Li, Lian‐Ming Gao   +9 more
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Primula luquanensis sp. nov. (Primulaceae), a New Species from Southwestern China, Reveals a Novel Floral Form in the Heterostyly-Prevailing Genus

Plants, 2023
A new species, Primula luquanensis Z.K.Wu and Wei Zhou sp. nov. (Primulaceae) is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China. It is morphologically assigned to P.
Zhi-Kun Wu, Yong-Jie Guo, Ting Zhang, Kevin S. Burgess, Wei Zhou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

MorFunSeed: A Morphological and Functional Seed Database of Tree and Shrub Species Commonly Used for Direct Seeding in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest Biomes of Brazil

Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 4, July 2026.
The MorFunSeed dataset compiles standardized seed morphology and functional traits for 131 tree and shrub species native to Brazil's Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes. It includes 26 variables and 3406 records, providing a consistent and comparable structure across species.
Mariane Cristina Inocente, Andreliza Roberta Terciotti de Oliveira, Felipe Bueno Dutra, Mario Santos, Fatima Conceição Márquez Piña‐Rodrigues   +4 more
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Rare Flavones from the Glandular Leaf Exudate of the Oxlip, L

Natural Product Communications, 2007
5,6,2′,3′,6′-Pentamethoxyflavone ( 1 ), together with 3′,5′-dihydroxy-4′-methoxyflavone ( 2 ), 2′-methoxyflavone, 3′-methoxyflavone, 3′,4′-dimethoxyflavone, 2′,5′-methoxyflavone, 3′-hydroxy-4′,5′-dimethoxyflavone, 3′,4′,5′-trimethoxyflavone, and 3 ...
Jaromir Budzianowski, Eckhard Wollenweber   +1 more
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Variation in pollen limitation among reproductive modules points to likely resource reallocation in the alpine plant Veratrum grandiflorum

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.
Pollen limitation, a decrease in seed production due to insufficient pollen receipt, may influence plant demography and the evolution of sexual systems. Its empirical estimation of pollen supplementation of some of the flowers on an individual is well known to be prone to overestimation due to potential resource reallocation among the individual's ...
Xia Jiang, Kai‐Hsiu Chen, Shengman Lyu, Ling Liu, Meixian Yu, John R. Pannell, Guoxing Cao   +6 more
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