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The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard, J. Edward Schofield, Tim Mighall, Scott Timpany, Gill Plunkett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxonomical notes on the Sicilian populations of Asperula gussonei (Rubiaceae): A. peloritana sp. nov.

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2009
Taxonomical investigation on Asperula gussonei, a rare Sicilian endemism, allowed us to verify that the Madonie population is well differentiated from the Mt. Scuderi one. These two populations are here treated as distinct species: A.
Cristian Brullo, Salvatore Brullo, Gian Pietro Giusso del Galdo, Leonardo Scuderi   +3 more
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef, Yohannes Gedamu Gebre, Petra Bauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A step into the shadows: Evolutionary shifts in fruit structure and dispersal strategies in Asian mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
This study examines how the fruits of non‐photosynthetic forest plants in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) have evolved into the diversity observed today. By analyzing four Asian species, we identified a shift from dry, dehiscent fruits that release seeds into the air to fleshy, berry‐like fruits adapted for animal dispersal.
Alexey N. Sorokin, Kenji Suetsugu, Olga V. Yatsenko, Mikhail S. Romanov, Nikita S. Zdravchev, Petr S. Iovlev, Anton S. Timchenko, Anna A. Mikhaylova, Kirill V. Kuptsov, Alexey V. F. Ch. Bobrov   +9 more
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Reactive natural phosphate enriched with filter cake enhances soil P content and noni seedlings growth

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2018
One of the major challenges in crop production is increase efficiency of non-renewable P sources, or replace them with renewable sources. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of phosphorus (P) fertilization using reactive natural ...
Gustavo Caione, Cid Naudi Silva Campos, Flávia Bastos Agostinho, Leandro Rosatto Moda, Renato de Mello Prado, Rafael Ferreira Barreto   +5 more
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Phytochemical and in vitro antimicrobial and antidiabetical activities of Cordiera sessilis stem bark [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Studies based on medicinal plants have stood out as a complementary treatment intervention to type 2 Diabetes mellitus and its complications. Among the Brazilian medicinal plants, we highlight Cordiera sessilis (Vell.) Kuntze, in turn, has been studied ...
RODRIGO R. FRANCO, ALANNA E.A. FERREIRA, ALLISSON B. JUSTINO, JOED P. DE LIMA JÚNIOR, HEITOR C.G. SILVA, JÚLIA S. QUEIROZ, MARIANA B. SANTIAGO, MARIO M. MARTINS, ALBERTO DE OLIVEIRA, SÉRGIO A.L. MORAIS, LUIS C.S. CUNHA, CARLOS H.G. MARTINS, FRANCISCO J.T. DE AQUINO, FOUED S. ESPINDOLA   +13 more
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Dismantling the genus Tarenna (Rubiaceae: Pavetteae) in Africa and Madagascar, with the description of three new genera

TAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract As presently circumscribed, the Paleotropical genus Tarenna, belonging to the tribe Pavetteae (Rubiaceae), comprises about 200 species and has its centres of diversity in tropical Asia and Africa. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies of the tribe revealed the polyphyly of Tarenna, suggesting that the genus needs to be recircumscribed ...
Petra De Block, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Franck Rakotonasolo, Steven B. Janssens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization and Identification of Novel Steroids from Nauclea pobeguinii Leaves

Majalah Obat Tradisional
Nauclea pobeguinii is a plant in the Rubiaceae family endemic to the swamp forest region of the world. Its extract is widely used in traditional medicine for the treatment of a wide variety of ailments such as malarial, Jaundice, gonorrhea, fever, and ...
Adewusi John Adepoju, Sunday Olusegun Oladoye, Ezekiel Temidayo Ayodele, Adeola Victoria Falade, Gin Keat Lim, Chuan Wei OO   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source