Description of five new species of the Madagascan flagship plant genus Ravenala (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]
Madagascar’s emblematic traveller’s tree is a monospecific genus within Strelitziaceae, the family of the South African bird of paradise. Until now, this endemic genus consisted of a single species: Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn., which is grown ...
Thomas Haevermans +6 more
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ARQUITETURA DE STRELITZIACEAE (Schum.) Hutch. [PDF]
The author realize rehearsal above architectural forms of Strelitziaceae as an new approach for complemental study of apical meristems.
HUMBERTO DE SOUZA BARREIROS
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The status of Strelitzia ...
R. A. Dyer
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Regarding the Nature of the Blue Pigment in Arils of Ravenala Madagascariensis Sonn. (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]
Ravenala madagascariensis, the Traveler's tree, is native to Madagascar but has adapted globally and is utilized for medical and cosmetic purposes. Focusing on the brightly blue colored arils of the plant's seeds, this study aimed to examine their morphological and physicochemical properties and to shed light upon the previously undescribed structure ...
Beatriz Paiva Nogueira +10 more
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FLORA DA RESERVA DUCKE, AMAZONAS, BRASIL: STRELITZIACEAE [PDF]
Paul J. M. Maas, Hiltje Maas
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Morphology and Floral Biology of Phenakospermum (Strelitziaceae), an Arborescent Herb of the Neotropics [PDF]
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Kress, W. John, Stone, Donald E.
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Reassessing Banana Phylogeny and Organelle Inheritance Modes Using Genome Skimming Data [PDF]
Bananas (Musa spp.) are some of the most important fruit crops in the world, contributing up to US$10 billion in export values annually. In this study, we use high-throughput sequencing to obtain genomic resources of high-copy DNA molecules in bananas ...
Chung-Shien Wu +4 more
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the fruits of bemavo, a variety of Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn. (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]
This work was designed to evaluate the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the fruit extracts from bemavo, a variety of Ravenala madagascariensis. Methanolic extracts from pericarp (PME), seed (SME) and aril (AME) were tested against 5 Gram positive and 6 Gram negative of pathogenic bacteria using disk diffusion and microdilution methods.
Solofomalala Anjaramampionona Henintsoa Duvale +4 more
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PRESENCE OF BILIRUBIN IN A PLANT SPECIES STRELITZIA NICOLAI (STRELITZIACEAE). [PDF]
Background: The fortuitous discovery of an animal pigment bilirubin found in the plant Strelitzia nicolai has opened an enormous number of questions regarding bilirubin’s formation and its ultimate function in the human body. Materials and Methods: A methodical review of bilirubin in humans and animals was carried out, information was gathered using
Dwarka D, Thaver V, Naidu M, Baijnath H.
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Morpho-anatomical and biochemical characterization of Strelitzia reginae seeds and embryos
Strelitzia or bird-of-paradise, is an important tropical ornamental plant that is difficult to propagate because of seed dormancy issues and the low number of seedlings obtained from plant divisions.
Marisa Taniguchi +5 more
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