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Using Herbarium‐Derived DNAs to Assemble a Large‐Scale DNA Barcode Library for the Vascular Plants of Canada [PDF]

Applications in Plant Sciences, 2017
Premise of the study: Constructing complete, accurate plant DNA barcode reference libraries can be logistically challenging for large‐scale floras. Here we demonstrate the promise and challenges of using herbarium collections for building a DNA barcode reference library for the vascular plant flora of Canada.
Maria L, Kuzmina, Thomas W A, Braukmann, Aron J, Fazekas, Sean W, Graham, Stephanie L, Dewaard, Anuar, Rodrigues, Bruce A, Bennett, Timothy A, Dickinson, Jeffery M, Saarela, Paul M, Catling, Steven G, Newmaster, Diana M, Percy, Erin, Fenneman, Aurélien, Lauron-Moreau, Bruce, Ford, Lynn, Gillespie, Ragupathy, Subramanyam, Jeannette, Whitton, Linda, Jennings, Deborah, Metsger, Connor P, Warne, Allison, Brown, Elizabeth, Sears, Jeremy R, Dewaard, Evgeny V, Zakharov, Paul D N, Hebert   +25 more
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Notes clarifying the status on some ethnobotanical species from the Ecuadorian Amazon

Mediterranean Botany, 2019
Despite belonging to one of the most biodiverse ecoregions on Earth, the Ecuadorian Amazon remains largely unexplored. During the elaboration of an ethnobotanical checklist of the useful plants in the Kichwa community of Pakayaku (Pastaza, Ecuador), we ...
Carmen X. Luzuriaga-Quichimbo, Pedro Escobar García, Carlos E. Cerón-Martínez, José Blanco-Salas, Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez   +4 more
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Changes in plant collection practices from the 16th to 21st centuries: implications for the use of herbarium specimens in global change research [PDF]

Annals of Botany, 2021
Abstract Background and Aims Herbaria were recently advertised as reliable sources of information regarding historical changes in plant traits and biotic interactions. To justify the use of herbaria in global change research, we asked whether the characteristics of herbarium specimens have changed ...
Mikhail V Kozlov, Irina V Sokolova, Vitali Zverev, Elena L Zvereva   +3 more
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Useful plants referenced by the naturalist Richard Spruce in the 19th century in the state of Pará, Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2019
The present work sought to study the biocultural collections made by the naturalist Richard Spruce in the 19th century while in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Dyana Joy dos Santos-Fonseca, Márlia Coelho-Ferreira, Viviane Stern da Fonseca-Kruel   +2 more
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A new model for efficient, need‐driven progress in generating primary biodiversity information resources

Applications in Plant Sciences, 2020
Premise The field of biodiversity informatics has developed rapidly in recent years, with broad availability of large‐scale information resources. However, online biodiversity information is biased spatially as a result of slow and uneven capture and ...
Alex Asase, Moses N. Sainge, Raoufou A. Radji, Omokafe A. Ugbogu, A. Townsend Peterson   +4 more
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Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal.
Ricardo A. Segovia, Juan M. Sáez, Francisco A. Squeo, Alicia E. Marticorena, Julián Caro, Pablo C. Guerrero   +5 more
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Synergistic Potential of the Leaves of Aspillia africana (Compositae) and Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) Against Some Selected Bacterial and Fungal Isolates

Journal of Biomedicine and Translational Research, 2020
Background: The plethora of secondary metabolites inherent in plants that could be synthesized and formulated into useful drugs for the treatment of diseases is not fully understood.
Foluso Ologundudu, OLADELE IDRIS
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ANALYSIS OF THE PLANT SPECIES USED FOR TECHNICAL PURPOSES IN CHECHNYA

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2018
Aim. The aim of the research is to define the species composition of technical plants, to conduct its comprehensive analysis and identify useful properties of wild species of Chechnya for enriching the range of plants used for technical purposes. Methods.
Musa A. Taysumov, Mukhadin U. Umarov, Marzhan A.-M. Astamirova, Aminat S. Abdurzakova, Raisa S. Magomadova, Satsita A. Israilova, Kheda L. Khalidova, Birlant A. Khasueva   +7 more
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Traditional food plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda—a cultural crossroads

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021
Background In the parkland agroforestry system of northern Uganda, smallholder farming households rely on a diversity of plant species to fulfil their nutritional requirements, many of which also serve a range of medicinal, cultural, and livelihood ...
Eliot T. Masters
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Useful species of the genus Mimosa (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae) in Mexico

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2001
By the number of species, Mimosa is the most important genus of Mimosoideae in Mexico; however, species of this genus have not been considered as important natural resources, due to the lack of ethnobotanic information.
Sara Lucía Camargo-Ricalde, Rosaura Greter, Angélica Martínez-Bernal, Verónica García-García, Saraí Barrios-del-Rosal   +4 more
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