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Elucidation of Hosts, Native Distribution, and Habitat of the Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei) Using Herbaria and Other Museum Collections
The coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) is the most damaging insect pest of global coffee production. Despite its importance, our knowledge on the insect’s natural habitat, range, and wild host species remains poorly known. Using archival sources (mainly herbaria but also other museum collections), we surveyed 18,667 predominantly wild-collected herbarium...Vega, Fernando ; Smith, Lucy ; Davies, Nina ; Moat, Justin ; Góral, Tomasz …
Arabica coffee, Africa, robusta coffee, coffee berry borer, museum collections, broca del café, coffee, and herbaria
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Unraveling the Phylogenomic Relationships of the Most Diverse African Palm Genus Raphia (Calamoideae, Arecaceae)
Palms are conspicuous floristic elements across the tropics. In continental Africa, even though there are less than 70 documented species, they are omnipresent across the tropical landscape. The genus Raphia has 20 accepted species in Africa and one species endemic to the Neotropics. It is the most economically important genus...Helmstetter, Andrew J. ; Kamga, Suzanne Mogue ; Bethune, Kevin ; Lautenschläger, Thea ; Zizka, Alexander …
Rain forests, Africa, Madagascar, Sequence capture, Exons, Phylogenomics, and Raphia
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Clarification of the confusion surrounding the generic name Bryomorphe Harv. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), and the new genus Muscosomorphe J.C.Manning.
The monotypic genus Bryomorphe Harv. is found to be homotypic with Klenzea lycopodioides Sch.Bip., which is considered to be a later synonym of Dolichothrix ericoides (Lam.) Hilliard & Burtt, and Bryomorphe is thus a synonym of Dolichothrix. The new genus Muscosomorphe J.C.Manning is proposed to accommodate the species previously included...Manning, John ; Govaerts, Rafael
Illegitimate superfluous name, Africa, Classification, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature
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Ecdysteroids from the Stem Bark of Vitex doniana Sweet (Lamiaceae; ex. Verbenaceae): A Geographically Variable African Medicinal Species.
Vitex doniana Sweet is an African medicinal species that is prescribed as an aqueous bark extract to be applied topically or orally to achieve anti-infective outcomes. In select regions it is also taken orally as an antimalarial agent. The aim of the current study was to explore the biological properties...Bunu, Musa I. ; Ndinteh, Derek T. ; Macdonald, Jacinta R. ; Langat, Moses K. ; Isyaka, Sani M. …
Ecdysteroid, Malaria, Africa, MIC, Black plum, Antimicrobial, and Vitex doniana
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Is alcohol a tropical medicine? Scientific understandings of climate, stimulants and bodies in Victorian and Edwardian tropical travel.
This paper offers a new perspective on historical understandings of the relationship between alcohol, climate and the body, by studying the way that British explorers of tropical Africa drank alcohol and wrote about drink between 1850 and 1910. We demonstrate that alcohol was simultaneously classified as a medicinal, a preventative...Armston-Sheret, Edward ; Walker, Kim
Alcohol, Tropical medicines, Stimulants, Medicines, Tropical temperance, and Africa
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New combinations in Crystallopollen Steetz (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), the correct name for the illegitimate Polydora Fenzl ex H.Rob..
Polydora Fenzl (1844) is recognised to be a nomen nudum that was only validly published by Robinson (1999). The inclusion by Robinson (1999) of the earlier validly published Crystallopollen Steetz ([in Peters] 1864) as a synonym however, rendered Polydora Fenzl ex H.Rob. (1999) superfluous and so illegitimate. Crystallopollen Steetz ([in...Manning, John ; Govaerts, Rafael
Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Classification, Illegitimate superfluous name, Nomen nudum, Crystallopollen, and Africa
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Chlorophytum delicatulum (Asparagaceae), a newly described species from Zambia.
Osborne, Vollesen & Bjorå from Zambia is described, illustrated and placed within the context of recent taxonomic and phylogenetic work on in Africa. This delicate herb has leaf bases furnished with conspicuous dark red setae resembling eyelashes. Its phylogenetic position, ecology, phytogeography and conservation status are discussed. is assessed as...Osborne, J. ; Vollesen, K. ; Bjorå, C. S. ; Grall, A. ; Merrett, L. …
Conservation status, Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Chlorophytum delicatulum, New species, Zambia, Africa, and Ecology
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