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Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Herbaria in the Global South are critical yet underutilized resources for biodiversity science and often absent from international databases and research networks. We highlight the phenomenon of “silent herbaria” using Nigeria as a case study and quantify how these collections fill important gaps in global biodiversity knowledge.
Daniel A. Zhigila, Ryan J. Schmidt‐Knapik, Barbara M. Thiers, Suleiman D. Abdul, Salihu Abdullahi, Abdullahi A. AbdulRahaman, Emmanuel I. Aigbokhan, Gabriel A. Ajibade, Linus B. Ajikah, Ferdinand A. Akomaye, Abiodun E. Ayodele, Joseph J. Azila, Aliyu Babale, Abubakar Bello, Deborah M. Chukwuma, Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Abubakar M. Dadile, Chimezie Ekeke, Iroka C. Finian, Abayomi E. Folorunso, Akanni T. Gbenga, Mohammed R. Haruna, Jemilat A. Ibrahim, Opeyemi S. Kolawole, Abubakar M. Liman, Ferdinand N. Mbagwu, Sunusi Namadi, Victor S. Njom, George I. Nodza, Felix I. Nwafor, Onyebuchi E. Nwankwo, Caleb D. Obadiah, Bamigboye S. Oloruntoba, Fatima B. J. Sawa, Yohanna C. Tumba, Musa Umar, Elizabeth N. Usen, Maryam M. Wabili, Charles C. Davis   +38 more
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A mosaic of colors: The influence of biotic and abiotic factors shaping flower color diversity across a tropical mountain ecosystem. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Camargo MGG, Arista M, Bergamo PJ, Monteiro BL, Morellato LPC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agroforestry and enhanced rock weathering: A dual strategy for sustainable cacao

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Cacao production is both economically vital and environmentally intensive, presenting a major sustainability challenge as a crop largely cultivated by smallholder farmers in climate‐vulnerable regions. This review synthesises evidence that integrating agroforestry with enhanced rock weathering (EW) may significantly reduce emissions from cacao ...
Isabella L. Steeley, Edson S. França, Dimitar Z. Epihov, Noah J. Planavsky, David J. Beerling   +4 more
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Trait-Mediated Variation in Plant Interactive Roles Within Plant-Floral Visitor Networks. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Baena-Díaz F, Ratoni B, Cruz CP, Ayala R, Dáttilo W.   +4 more
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Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

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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
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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

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The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
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Heliconiini butterflies display flight behaviours reminiscent of orientation flights when using new floral sources. [PDF]

J Exp Biol
Dell'Aglio DD, McMillan WO, Montgomery S.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Range‐wide sampling reveals cryptic lineages but largely conserved mycorrhizal associations in the Japanese fairy lantern Thismia kobensis

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The jewel‐like flowers of Thismia are as rare as they are beautiful, often recorded from only a single site per species. Access to 15 populations of T. kobensis has enabled an uncommon, range‐wide assessment of morphology, genetics, and fungal partners. Our analyses showed that T.
Kenji Suetsugu, Kazuma Takizawa, Kazuki Inui, Akihiro Nishimura, Shun K. Hirota   +4 more
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Colors for Resources: Reward-Linked Visual Displays in Orchids. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Coimbra G, Nunes CEP, Bergamo PJ, Aguiar JMRBV, Freitas L.   +4 more
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story

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Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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