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Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1975 The status of Strelitzia ...
R. A. Dyer
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Description of five new species of the Madagascan flagship plant genus Ravenala (Strelitziaceae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 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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Inflorescence and Flower Development in Orchidantha chinensis T. L. Wu (Lowiaceae; Zingiberales): Similarities to Inflorescence Structure in the Strelitziaceae [PDF]
International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2020 Premise of research. The monotypic Lowiaceae remains the least-known family in the plant order Zingiberales, yet it may hold an important key to unraveling the phylogenetic placement of the families Musaceae, Heliconiaceae, Strelitziaceae, and Lowiaceae.
Kirchoff, Bruce K. +1 more
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Morpho-anatomical and biochemical characterization of Strelitzia reginae seeds and embryos
Ornamental Horticulture, 2022 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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Loss of YABBY2-Like Gene Expression May Underlie the Evolution of the Laminar Style in Canna and Contribute to Floral Morphological Diversity in the Zingiberales. [PDF]
, 2015 The Zingiberales is an order of tropical monocots that exhibits diverse floral morphologies. The evolution of petaloid, laminar stamens, staminodes, and styles contributes to this diversity.
Almeida, Ana MR +3 more
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Reassessing Banana Phylogeny and Organelle Inheritance Modes Using Genome Skimming Data
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 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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Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2021 Cut flowers of Strelitzia reginae Aiton (Strelitziaceae) generally have a short vase life. Vascular blockage is a major reason for this. In this paper, we evaluated the effects of pulse treatment with disinfectants including cobalt chloride (CoCl2 ...
Jahangir Azarhoosh +3 more
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Strelitizia reginae Bird of Paradise
EDIS, 2007 This document provides an overview of Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as Bird of Paradise. It describes the plant’s striking blue-green foliage and distinctive orange and blue flowers, which bloom periodically throughout the year. The document covers
Edward Gilman
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Whence Came These Plants Most Foul? Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Lowiaceae (Zingiberales)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Lowiaceae (order Zingiberales) is a small family of forest herbs in Southeast Asia. All species belong to the genus Orchidantha. They are known for possessing orchid-like flowers that are smelly, apparently mimicking dead animals, feces, or mushrooms ...
Matti A. Niissalo +8 more
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Acta Botânica Brasílica, 1993 A análise das características flavonoídicas da ordem Zingiberales (superordem Zingiberiflorae, Monocotyledonae) reforçou a separação das suas famílias em dois grupos: grupo I (Strelitziaceae, Heliconiaceae, Musaceae e Lowiaceae) e grupo II (Zingiberaceae,
Helena Regina Lima Pugialli +2 more
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