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2019
Journal article
Enhancement of conservation knowledge through increased access to botanical information
Herbarium specimens are increasingly recognized as an important resource for conservation science and virtual herbaria are making specimens freely available to a wider range of users than ever before. Few virtual herbaria are designed with conservation use as a primary driver. Exceptionally, Brazil's Reflora Virtual Herbarium (RVH) was created to...Canteiro, Cátia ; Barcelos, Laísa ; Filardi, Fabiana ; Forzza, Rafaela ; Green, Laura …
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2019
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Harnessing the potential of integrated systematics for conservation of taxonomically complex, megadiverse plant groups
The value of natural history collections for conservation science research is increasingly recognized, despite their well-documented limitations in terms of taxonomic, geographic, and temporal coverage. Specimen-based analyses are particularly important for tropical plant groups for which field observations are scarce and potentially unreliable due to high levels of diversity-amplifying identification...Nic Lughadha, Eimear ; Graziele Staggemeier, Vanessa ; Vasconcelos, Thais ; Walker, Barnaby ; Canteiro, Cátia …
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2020
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World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Plants are essential to human wellbeing, supporting important ecosystem services that are critical components of Natural Capital. They supply food, medicine, fibre, fuel and building materials, and provide a broad spectrum of benefits to society, offering vital solutions to some of the world’s major challenges, including bioenergy, human and animal...Diazgranados, Mauricio ; Allkin, Bob ; Black, Nicholas ; Cámara-Leret, Rodrigo ; Canteiro, Cátia …
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2022
Journal article
A Monographic Conspectus of Myrcia sect. Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae) from South and Central America.
Myrcia DC. sect. Calyptranthes (Sw.) A. R. Lourenço & E. Lucas is a section of the Neotropical genus Myrcia with ca. 260 known species. This paper provides a taxonomic revision of 89 species occurring across South and Central America, including the Amazon, Andes, Guiana Shield, and Mesoamerica, and extending into...Burton, George P. ; Canteiro, Cátia ; Fernandes, Thiago ; Grice, Hannah ; Lourenço, Ana Raquel …
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2022
Journal article
What Do the First 597 Global Fungal Red List Assessments Tell Us about the Threat Status of Fungi?
Fungal species are not immune to the threats facing animals and plants and are thus also prone to extinction. Yet, until 2015, fungi were nearly absent on the IUCN Red List. Recent efforts to identify fungal species under threat have significantly increased the number of published fungal assessments. The 597...Mueller, Gregory M. ; Cunha, Kelmer Martins ; May, Tom W. ; Allen, Jessica L. ; Westrip, James R. S. …
IUCN, Basidiomycota, Conservation, Threats, Lichens, Extinction risk, Ascomycota, and Fungi