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2018
Journal article
José Cuatrecasas Arumí, su legado y contribuciones a la flora del Valle del Cauca.
José Cuatrecasas Arumí (1903–1996) es considerado uno de los próceres de la Botánica en Colombia. Sus contribuciones al conocimiento de la flora y la vegetación del país son invaluables, y fue uno de los grandes exploradores del territorio colombiano del siglo XX. El Herbario Nacional de los Estados Unidos conserva...Diazgranados, Mauricio
Colombia, Cuatrecasas, José (1903-1996), Biography, Asteraceae, Explorations, Expeditions, Botany, Páramo, Compositae, and History
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2020
Journal article
Biogeography, phylogenetic relationships and morphological analyses of the South American genus Mutisia L.f. (Asteraceae) shows early connections of two disjunct biodiversity hotspots
The Andes is recognized as one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, promoting in its uplift process a series of recent rapid diversification events in different biotic groups like birds, mammals, insects and vascular plants. The uplift of the Andes during the Cenozoic acted as a barrier for many... -
2020
Journal article
Native trees of Mexico: diversity, distribution, uses and conservation
Background Mexico is one of the most floristically rich countries in the world. Despite significant contributions made on the understanding of its unique flora, the knowledge on its diversity, geographic distribution and human uses, is still largely fragmented. Unfortunately, deforestation is heavily impacting this country and native tree species...Tellez, Oswaldo ; Mattana, Efisio ; Diazgranados, Mauricio ; Kühn, Nicola ; Castillo-Lorenzo, Elena …
Plant Science, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Conservation Biology, and Research article
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2020
Technical report
Plantas y hongos útiles de colombia evaluación del estado de los desarrollos bioeconómicos colombianos en plantas y hongos.
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2020
Dataset
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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2020
Journal article
Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture.
Societal Impact Statement Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and underutilized species (NUS), we attempt to unlock plant food resources and explore the role of fungi, which along with the wealth of traditional... -
2020
Journal article
Plant Power: Opportunities and challenges for meeting sustainable energy needs from the plant and fungal kingdoms
Societal Impact Statement Bioenergy is a major component of the global transition to renewable energy technologies. The plant and fungal kingdoms offer great potential but remain mostly untapped. Their increased use could contribute to the renewable energy transition and addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 “Ensure access to...Grace, Olwen M. ; Lovett, Jon C. ; Gore, Charles J. N. ; Moat, Justin ; Ondo, Ian …
biofuel, sustainable energy, feedstock , Bioenergy , energy poverty, research effort , renewables, and biogas
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2021
Journal article
Ecosystem services show variable responses to future climate conditions in the Colombian páramos.
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2021
Journal article
Distribution changes in páramo plants from the equatorial high Andes in response to increasing temperature and humidity variation since 1880.
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2021
Journal article
Colombia’s bioregions as a source of useful plants.
The aim of our study was to assess the importance of different Colombian bioregions in terms of the supply of useful plant species and the quality of the available distribution data. We assembled a dataset of georeferenced collection localities of all vascular plants of Colombia available from global and local... -
2021
Book
Frailejones en peligro.
Los frailejones (subtribu Espeletiinae, familia Asteraceae) son posiblemente las más importantes y carismáticas plantas del ecosistema de páramo. Con 90 especies reconocidas, 78 de las cuales son endémicas, Colombia tiene un papel fundamental en su conservación. La mayoría de las especies de frailejones tienen distribuciones restringidas a uno o unos...Diazgranados, Mauricio ; Castellanos Castro, Carolina
Conservation, Endangered species, High mountain, Flora de Colombia, Colombia, Conservación, Frailejones, Especies amenazadas, and Alta montaña
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2022
Journal article
Enviados directo a Londres: objetos colombianos en la Colección de Botánica Económica del Real Jardín Botánico de Kew.
Este artículo es el resultado de una valoración de los objetos colombianos en la Colección de Botánica Económica del Real Jardín Botánico de Kew. Hace parte del proyecto ColPlantA, encargado de documentar la colección colombiana y de producir un portal de búsqueda sobre la flora colombiana. Para este artículo se... -
2022
Journal article
Patterns of Traditional and Modern Uses of Wild Edible Native Plants of Chile: Challenges and Future Perspectives.
Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) still play a vital role in the subsistence of many traditional communities, while they are receiving increasing recognition in tackling food security and nutrition at the international level. This paper reviews the use patterns of native WEPs in Chile and discusses their role as future crops... -
2022
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2023
Journal article
Conserving useful plants for a sustainable future: species coverage, spatial distribution, and conservation status within the Millennium Seed Bank collection.
A substantially rich diversity of the world’s recorded useful plants (UPs) is captured within the Millennium Seed Bank collection hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, at Wakehurst, UK with 13,598 species (34%) belonging to 3696 genera and 325 families. This constitutes just over half of the total accessions and... -
2023
Journal article
Bridging local and scientific knowledge for area-based conservation of useful plants in Colombia.
While the importance of interdisciplinary approaches is increasingly recognised in conservation, bridging knowledge systems across scales remains a fundamental challenge. Focusing on the Important Plant Areas (IPA) approach, we evaluate how complementing scientific and local knowledge can better inform the conservation of useful plants in Colombia. We worked in three... -
2023
Journal article
Strategies of diaspore dispersal investment in Compositae: the case of the Andean highlands.