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2024

Journal article

Trials and tribulations of Neotropical plant taxonomy: Pace of tree species description.

Dada la inédita preocupación por la actual pérdida global de biodiversidad, resulta importante identificar las mejores estrategias para describir nuevas especies de manera más eficiente, completar el inventario de la flora Neotropical e implementar a tiempo estrategias de conservación apropiadas. Este estudio pretende responder la pregunta de cuánto tiempo...

Luján, Manuel ; Lemos, Rosalinda Medina ; Lucas, Eve ; Michelangeli, Fabián A. ; Prance, Ghillean T. …
Fieldwork, New species, Species description, Herbarium, Neotropics, Tropical trees, Latin America, and Specimen collection
2022

Journal article

Piloting development of species conservation action plans in Guinea.

Conservation action plans need to be devised and implemented if we are to reduce the extinction risk faced by globally threatened plants. However, most plant species categorized as threatened globally on the IUCN Red List lack conservation action plans. In West Africa, Guinea is one of the most diverse countries...

Couch, Charlotte ; Molmou, Denise ; Magassouba, Sékou ; Doumbouya, Saïdou ; Diawara, Mamadou …
Pilot study, Guinea, Fieldwork, Threatened plant species, Conservation action plans, IUCN Red List, Tropical Important Plant Areas, and Important Plant Areas