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African Sandalwood or Nepalese Sandalwood: a Brief Synthesis
Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2016 African sandalwood or East African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud.; Santalaceae), also known as Nepalese sandalwood (Osyris wightiana var. rotundifolia P.C. Tam), is a hemi-parasitic tree known for its fragrant wood.
Jaime A. TEIXEIRA DA SILVA +3 more
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Building a genomic and herbarium biorepository for medicinal plants of the Western Ghats
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Medicinal plants support healthcare for millions of people and sustain livelihoods, yet many threatened species lack secure long‐term genetic protection. This study establishes a genomic and herbarium biorepository for medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot facing intense human pressure.
Anurag Dhyani +6 more
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.We compiled the first checklist of wild bees in Doñana Protected Area, documenting 385 species, including three vulnerable and one endangered species listed in the Red List. Bee species exhibit diverse floral preferences, highlighting the need to incorporate plant–pollinator interactions and the role of plants in conservation and management strategies ...
Francisco P. Molina +3 more
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NATURAL POLYACETYLENE COMPOUNDS
Фармация и фармакология (Пятигорск), 2015 In article the review of the initial stage of researches of natural polyacetylene compounds is resulted. The high reactionary ability leading to fast oxidation and degradation of these compounds, especially at influence of Uf-light, oxygen of air, pH and
A. M. Nasukhova, D. A. Konovalov
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Heringeriana, 2015 As ervas-de-passarinho dos gêneros Dendrophthora e Phoradendron apresentam uma distribuição neotropical, totalizando cerca de 360 espécies. No Brasil apenas Phoradendron é amplamente distribuído, encontrado sobre uma enorme diversidade de hospedeiros ...
Claudenir Simões Caires +1 more
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Ranking Tool Created for Medicinal Plants at Risk of Being Overharvested in the Wild
Ethnobiology Letters, 2014 We developed an adaptable, transparent tool that can be used to quantify and compare vulnerability to overharvest for wild collected medicinal plants. Subsequently, we are creating a list of the most threatened medicinal plants in temperate North America.
Lisa Marie Castle +3 more
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Thermogenesis‐derived spatiotemporal microclimates guide pollinator movement to ensure pollination
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.Alocasia odora's microclimatic heterogeneity guides Colocasiomyia fly movement within its inflorescence. During the female stage, midday heat in the upper spadix pushes flies down to the cooler female zone. During the male stage, nocturnal warmth in the upper part pulls flies upward and spathe constriction closes the lower female chamber.
Yuanjun Yu +5 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Malania oleifera (Olacaceae), an endangered species in China
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Malania oleifera is a rare and threatened medicinal plant in China. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (cp) of M. oleifera was sequenced, assembled, and analyzed. The circular complete cp genome of M.
Yang Yang, Shui-Lian He
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Viscum album L. (Santalaceae) is an important medicinal plant traditionally used to treat several diseases, including cancer therapy. This paper provides detailed morpho-anatomical characteristics of the leaves, stems and berries of Viscum album subsp ...
Valter Paes de Almeida +8 more
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Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT A new species of jewel beetle, Temognatha sundholmi Lang, sp. nov., is described from the Great Victoria Desert in South Australia. A broader investigation, using mtDNA COI ‘barcode’ sequences from 178 specimens representing 54 buprestid species, places the new species with Temognatha flavocincta (Gory & Laporte, 1838) in the informal ...
Peter J. Lang, Mark I. Stevens
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