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The ghost fruits of Madagascar: Identifying dysfunctional seed dispersal in Madagascar's endemic flora
Madagascar lost a large number of large-bodied animal species during the Holocene. Many of them played important roles as seed dispersers. In the case of the largest-seeded species, giant lemurs or elephant birds may have been the sole dispersers because no extant frugivore has a gape size large enough to...Albert-Daviaud, Aurélie ; Buerki, Sven ; Onjalalaina, Guy E. ; Perillo, Sarah ; Rabarijaona, Romer …
Conservation, Seed dispersal, Madagascar, Anachronism, and Lemur
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Neotypification of Pandanus odorifer, the correct name for P. odoratissimus (Pandanaceae)
Pandanus odorifer (Pandanaceae) is an economically important species distributed on coasts from India and Sri Lanka to South China through tropical Asian countries. Pandanus odoratissimus has been widely used as the accepted name for the species, but P. odoratissimus is in reality a superfluous and illegitimate name. No original material... -
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New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora
New Guinea is the world’s largest tropical island and has fascinated naturalists for centuries. Home to some of the best-preserved ecosystems on the planet3 and to intact ecological gradients—from mangroves to tropical alpine grasslands—that are unmatched in the Asia-Pacific region4,5, it is a globally recognized centre of biological and cultural... -
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Harnessing large-scale biodiversity data to infer the current distribution of Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae).
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An updated infra-familial classification of sapindaceae based on targeted enrichment data.
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Mediterranean origin and Miocene-Holocene Old World diversification of meadow fescues and ryegrasses (Festuca subgenus Schedonorus and Lolium).
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Pollinator shifts as triggers of speciation in painted petal irises (Lapeirousia: Iridaceae).