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Acta Botânica Brasílica, 1994 Estudou-se o comportamento alimentar de morcegos e o seu papel na dispersão de sementes de Vismia cayennensis na região de Manaus, Amazonas. As características da planta e dos frutos correspondem à síndrome de quiropterocoria.
Jader Marinho-Filho +1 more
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Entomological Communications, 2020 We report the first record of the neotropical bee subgenus Hylaeus (Gongyloprosopis) Snelling, 1982 (Colletidae) for Brazil. Additionally, an overview of the current geographic records for the three known species of the subgenus is presented.
Thiago Mahlmann +3 more
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Algumas plantas visitadas para obtenção de pólen por operárias de Melipona seminigra merrillae em Manaus [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1977 Resumo Estuda-se a carga transportada nas patas por 267 abelhas de Melipona seminigra durante um ano, em Manaus. Dessas, 104 (39%) não transportavam pólen, mas sim látex (no nosso caso do fruto de Vismia, inclusive com sementes), resinas e barro. Das 163
Maria Lúcia Absy, Warwick Estevam Kerr
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Xanthones and other constituents of vismia parviflora [PDF]
Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 1997 The stems and fruits of Vismia parviflora have been shown to contain sitosterol, betulinic acid, lupeol, friedelin, β-friedelinol, shikimic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, quercetin, 1,7-dihydroxyxanthone, 1,5-dihydroxy-8-methoxyxanthone, madagascine, chrysophanic acid, vismiaquinone-A and its isomer vismiaquinone-C.
Nagem, Tanus Jorge +1 more
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Flora of Ceará State, Brazil: Caryocaraceae, Hypericaceae, and Rhizophoraceae [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2022 We examined the diversity and distribution of Caryocaraceae, Hypericaceae, and Rhizophoraceae in Ceará State, Brazil. Floristic treatments were carried out based on comparative analyses of the morphological characters of specimens from several Brazilian ...
Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola +2 more
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Natural Product Communications, 2008 Sesamin extracted from Vismia baccifera var. dealbata was demonstrated to have cytostatic activity on the cancer cell lines tested, particularly the lung cancer cell line, with an IC 50 of 1 g/L.
Fabiola Salas +4 more
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The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat MedSome of the vernacular or scientific names are related to possible medicinal and/or toxic properties that can reveal the presence of potential bioactive agents, contributing to the discovery of new drugs and/or knowledge of the risks associated with their use.
Dos Santos Dantas Lima L +8 more
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Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama. [PDF]
BiotropicaThe late stages of tropical forest succession are understudied. Here we analyze tree community recovery over one of the oldest chronosequences in the Neotropics and find recovery of species diversity and forest structure, within 40 and 90 years respectively, but species community compositional recovery is slow, with one plot converging on old‐growth ...
Elsy AD +5 more
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Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2023 Forest fragmentation leads to various environmental problems. It causes edge effects that can decrease biodiversity, promote the growth of lianas, and affect the production of epicuticular wax.
Ramôn da Silva Santos +5 more
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Flora das cangas da Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil: Hypericaceae
RodriguésiaResumo Nas cangas da Serra dos Carajás ocorrem cinco espécies de Vismia, as quais podem ser reconhecidas pela morfologia foliar em combinação com a presença ou ausência de glândulas nas pétalas e a disposição das sépalas no fruto maduro. Vismia bemerguii,
Lucas Cardoso Marinho +2 more
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