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A biogeographical appraisal of the threatened South East Africa Montane Archipelago ecoregion..
Recent biological surveys of ancient inselbergs in southern Malawi and northern Mozambique have led to the discovery and description of many species new to science, and overlapping centres of endemism across multiple taxa. Combining these endemic taxa with data on geology and climate, we propose the ‘South East Africa Montane... -
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Plant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally.
Human factors and plant characteristics are important drivers of plant invasions, which threaten ecosystem integrity, biodiversity and human well-being. However, while previous studies often examined a limited number of factors or focused on a specific invasion stage (e.g., naturalization) for specific regions, a multi-factor and multi-stage analysis at the global...Guo, Kun ; Pyšek, Petr ; van Kleunen, Mark ; Kinlock, Nicole L. ; Lučanová, Magdalena …
Plant naturalization, Genome size, Plant invasion, Economic use, and Ecology
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1030. AESCULUS CHINENSIS: Sapindaceae.
The Chinese horse‐chestnut, , is illustrated from a tree cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This tree was grown from seeds originally imported from China by Dr Purdom, from whom Kew obtained a plant. A detailed description accompanies this excellent illustration. The taxonomy, ecology, cytology and etymology are also...Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. ; Yamanaka, Masumi
Habitat, Ecology, Descriptors, Geographical distribution, Cytology, Cultivation, Phenology, Etymology, and Aesculus chinensis
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1051. Cathaya argyrophylla Chun Kuang: Pinaceae.
The ‘pearl of the forest’, also known as ‘yin shan’ or the ‘giant panda of the plant kingdom’, is illustrated here (t. 1051) from a tree cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The discovery and phylogenetics of this species are discussed, and its introduction into horticulture is presented. A... -