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Disparate biomes within the Caatinga region are not part of the same evolutionary community: A reply to Araujo et al. (2022).
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Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation.
The Orchidaceae family accounts for about 28,000 species, and most of them are mentioned in the folk medicine of nations around the world. The use of terrestrial orchids in European and Mediterranean regions has been reported since ancient times, but little information is available on their medicinal properties, as well...Bazzicalupo, Miriam ; Calevo, Jacopo ; Smeriglio, Antonella ; Cornara, Laura
Orchidaceae, Threatened species, Ethnobotany, Biological properties, Medicinal plants, Europe, and Conservation
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Diversity patterns and conservation of the Vigna spp. in Mozambique: A comprehensive study.
Mozambique supports a high diversity of native legume species, including many Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs). Among them, the still understudied genus is a particularly notable and promising donor of favorable traits for crop improvement. This study aims to provide an updated overview of CWRs diversity in Mozambique, defining a conservation... -
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MycoNews 2022: editorial, news, reports, awards, personalia, and book news.
This fourth annual edition of starts with an editorial asking if mycology is approaching a tipping point, and note of the journal’s 2021 Impact Factor almost doubling from 2020. Updated information and new speakers for IMC12 in 2024 is presented. Reports are provided for the Rise of the Fungi symposium...Hawksworth, David L.
Meeting reports, International commission on the taxonomy of fungi, Obituaries, Book reviews, International mycological congress, and Tipping point
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Metagenomics Shines Light on the Evolution of ‘Sunscreen’ Pigment Metabolism in the Teloschistales (Lichen-Forming Ascomycota).
Fungi produce a vast number of secondary metabolites that shape their interactions with other organisms and the environment. Characterising the genes underpinning metabolite synthesis is therefore key to understanding fungal evolution and adaptation. Lichenised fungi represent almost one-third of Ascomycota diversity and boast impressive secondary metabolites repertoires. However, most lichen... -
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Characterisation of the Paternal Influence on Intergenerational Offspring Cardiac and Brain Lipid Homeostasis in Mice.
There is growing evidence that poor paternal diet at the time of conception increase the risk of offspring developing a range of non-communicable metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, in adulthood. We hypothesise that a paternal low protein–high carbohydrate diet perturbs offspring tissue lipid abundance through both...Furse, Samuel ; Morgan, Hannah L. ; Koulman, Albert ; Watkins, Adam J.
Developmental programming, Metabolic disorder, Lipid homeostasis, Semen quality, and Paternal diet
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Genomic, spatial and morphometric data for discrimination of four species in the Mediterranean Tamus clade of yams (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae).
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Genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation to zinc contamination in Silene uniflora.
Phenotypic plasticity in ancestral populations is hypothesized to facilitate adaptation, but evidence is piecemeal and often contradictory. Further, whether ancestral plasticity increases the probability of parallel adaptive changes has not been explored. The most general finding is that ancestral responses to a new environment are reversed following adaptation (known as... -
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Phylogenetic, Developmental and Functional Aspects of Stomatal Patterning: Lessons from Magnoliids.
The magnoliid clade encompasses 18 extant families arranged in four orders, plus several extinct taxa, including some of the most ancient angiosperm fossils. The clade is characterized by paracytic stomata with a distinct pair of lateral subsidiary cells that flank the guard cells, though other stomatal types are also reported,...Rudall, Paula J.
Magnoliids, Paracytic stomata, Amplifying divisions, Stomatal clusters, and Development
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Potential Distribution of Cedrela odorata L. in Mexico according to Its Optimal Thermal Range for Seed Germination under Different Climate Change Scenarios.
Cedrela odorata is a native tree of economic importance, as its wood is highly demanded in the international market. In this work, the current and future distributions of C. odorata in Mexico under climate change scenarios were analyzed according to their optimal temperature ranges for seed germination. For the present... -
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Landscape dynamics and diversification of the megadiverse South American freshwater fish fauna.
Landscape dynamics are widely thought to govern the tempo and mode of continental radiations, yet the effects of river network rearrangements on dispersal and lineage diversification remain poorly understood. We integrated an unprecedented occurrence dataset of 4,967 species with a newly compiled, time-calibrated phylogeny of South American freshwater fishes—the most... -
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Notes on Isoglossinae (Acanthaceae) in Madagascar, with four new species of Isoglossa.
Current generic delimitation in subtribe Isoglossinae of Acanthaceae is discussed using available morphological and molecular data. Particular consideration is given to the small genera endemic to Madagascar — Benoist, S.Moore, Benoist and the illegitimate Benoist — and how these relate to the current circumscription of Oerst. The relative merits and...Darbyshire, Iain ; Onjalalaina, Guy E. ; Callmander, Martin W. ; Phillipson, Peter B. ; Kiel, Carrie A.
Taxonomy, Pollen, Diversity, Generic delimitation, and IUCN Red List assessments
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A new species of Lindernia (Linderniaceae) from Tanzania.
The new species Lindernia sallyae from Tanzania, Mpanda District is described and illustrated. It differs from Lindernia linearifolia and L. monroi in the lack of basal rosulate leaves, the taller habit, the calyx with shorter tube and the acute lobes, the yellow corolla with purple marks and veins, the larger... -
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Nocturne for an unknown pollinator: Bulbophyllum nocturnum first description of a night-flowering orchid.
Schuiteman, André ; Vermeulen, Jaap Jan ; De Vogel, Ed ; Vogel, Art
Orchidaceae, Nocturnal polination, New Britain (Papua New Guinea), Bulbophyllum nocturnum, and Night-flowering orchid
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First evidence of a monodominant (Englerodendron, Amherstieae, Detarioideae, Leguminosae) .tropical moist forest from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia
Many tropical wet forests are species-rich and have relatively even species frequency distributions. But, dominance by a single canopy species can also occur in tropical wet climates and can remain stable for centuries. These are uncommon globally, with the African wet tropics supporting more such communities than the Neotropics or... -
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Morphological Continua Make Poor Species: Genus-Wide Morphometric Survey of the European Bee Orchids (Ophrys L.).
Despite (or perhaps because of) intensive multidisciplinary research, opinions on the optimal number of species recognised within the Eurasian orchid genus Ophrys range from nine to at least 400. The lower figure of nine macrospecies is based primarily on seeking small but reliable discontinuities in DNA ‘barcode’ regions, an approach... -
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Tuber melanosporum drives the symbiosis with Castanea sativa seedlings under greenhouse conditions and high calcium levels.
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Multiple pre‐ and post‐zygotic components of reproductive isolation between two co‐occurring Lysimachia species.
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Akanthomyces zaquensis (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a new species isolated from both the stroma and the sclerotium of Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Qinghai, China.
An undescribed taxon of entomopathogenic fungi, Akanthomyces zaquensis, was introduced based on the collections from Duoxiao Village beside the Za Qu River in Qinghai Province, China. The taxon is characterized by its host and habitat of isolations from both the stroma and the sclerotium of Ophiocordyceps sinensis and by producing...Wang, Yong-Hui ; Wang, Wen-Jing ; Wang, Ke ; Dong, Cai-Hong ; Hao, Ji-Rong …
Tibetan Plateau, Fungi, Phylogeny, Qinghai (China), Akanthomyces zaquensis, Morphology, and Taxonomy
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Seed Longevity—The Evolution of Knowledge and a Conceptual Framework.
The lifespan or longevity of a seed is the time period over which it can remain viable. Seed longevity is a complex trait and varies greatly between species and even seed lots of the same species. Our scientific understanding of seed longevity has advanced from anecdotal ‘Thumb Rules,’ to empirically...Nadarajan, Jayanthi ; Walters, Christina ; Pritchard, Hugh W. ; Ballesteros, Daniel ; Colville, Louise
Seed ageing, Cryopreservation, Glassy state, Seed longevity, and Cryobiotechnology
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A revised checklist of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) from Peru, including new country records.
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Coumarinolignoid and Indole Alkaloids from the Roots of the Hybrid Plant Citrus x paradisi Macfad. (Rutaceae).
A phytochemical investigation of the roots of Citrus x paradisi Macfad. (Rutaceae) led to the isolation of two new compounds, namely 1-formyl-5-hydroxy-N-methylindolin-1-ium (1) and decyloxycleomiscosin D (2), along with ten known compounds: 1,1-dimethylpyrrolidin-1-ium-2-carboxylate (3), furan-2,3-diol (4), 5-methoxyseselin (5), umbelliferone (6), scopoletin (7), citracridone I (8), citracridone II (9), citracridone III... -
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Carbon isotope values for grasses in Madagascar's Central Highlands establish baselines for historical and paleoecological research.
Crowley, Brooke E. ; Schmidt, Heidi H. ; Vorontsova, Maria S.
Central Highlands (Madagascar), Grazing, Evolutionary history, Madagascar, Fire, Weight %C:N, Subfamily tribe, and Endemism
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Forecasting the number of species of asexually reproducing fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota).
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First person – Tom Carruthers.
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Tom Carruthers is first author on ‘ exTREEmaTIME: a method for incorporating uncertainty into divergence time estimates’, published in BiO. Tom conducted...Carruthers, Tom
Carruthers, Tom, Biography, Assumptions, Early-career researchers, Uncertainty, Science careers, and Divergence times
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Two new species of Barleria (Acanthaceae) from the Soutpansberg of Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Two new species of subg. (Acanthaceae) are described from the Soutpansberg Centre of Plant Endemism in Limpopo Province of South Africa: and . The habitat requirements, conservation status and taxonomic affinities of each species are discussed. is considered to be closely allied to the widespread and frequently cultivated southern African...Limpopo Province (South Africa), Conservation status, Barleria, IUCN Red List, Endemic, Soutpansberg (South Africa), South Africa, Restricted range, and Taxonomy
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Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project.
The goals of the Earth Biogenome Project—to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic life on earth—are as daunting as they are ambitious. The Darwin Tree of Life Project was founded to demonstrate the credibility of these goals and to deliver at-scale genome sequences of unprecedented quality for a biogeographic region:...The Darwin Tree of Life Project Consortium
Genome, Darwin Tree of Life Project, Biodiversity, Assembly, and Sequencing
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Syzygium nusatenggaraense (Myrtaceae), a new rainforest tree species with a calyptrate calyx from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.
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Benna alternifolia (Melastomataceae: Sonerileae), a new herbaceous genus and species from Guinea, West Africa.
van der Burgt, Xander M. ; Haba, Pepe M. ; Magassouba, Sékou ; Veranso-Libalah, Marie Claire
Guinea, Sonerileae, New genus, Near threatened, Alternate leaves, Benna, Melastomataceaee, and Africa
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Cross-validation of a semantic segmentation network for natural history collection specimens.
Semantic segmentation has been proposed as a tool to accelerate the processing of natural history collection images. However, developing a flexible and resilient segmentation network requires an approach for adaptation which allows processing different datasets with minimal training and validation. This paper presents a cross-validation approach designed to determine whether... -
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Diversification Slowdown in the Cirrhopetalum Alliance (Bulbophyllum, Orchidaceae): Insights From the Evolutionary Dynamics of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism.
Evolutionary slowdowns in diversification have been inferred in various plant and animal lineages. Investigation based on diversification models integrated with environmental factors and key characters could provide critical insights into this diversification trend. We evaluate diversification rates in the alliance ( , Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae) using a time-calibrated phylogeny and...Hu, Ai-Qun ; Gale, Stephan W. ; Liu, Zhong-Jian ; Fischer, Gunter A. ; Saunders, Richard M. K.
Key innovation, Evolutionary dead-end, CAM, Diversification slowdown, Bulbophyllum, and pCO2
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A comparative genomics examination of desiccation tolerance and sensitivity in two sister grass species.
Desiccation tolerance is an ancient and complex trait that spans all major lineages of life on earth. Although important in the evolution of land plants, the mechanisms that underlay this complex trait are poorly understood, especially for vegetative desiccation tolerance (VDT). The lack of suitable closely related plant models that... -
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A mouse model of gestational diabetes shows dysregulated lipid metabolism post-weaning, after return to euglycaemia.
Furse, Samuel ; Fernandez-Twinn, Denise S. ; Beeson, Jessica H. ; Chiarugi, Davide ; Ozanne, Susan E. …
Mouse models, Type 2 diabetes, Lipidomics, and Gestational diabetes
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An updated checklist of plant agrobiodiversity of northern Italy.
Northern Italy is an area particularly suitable for the cultivation of different crops. It used to be characterized by a high agrobiodiversity. However, it is estimated that over the last decades, this area experienced a genetic erosion of more than 90%, resulting in the loss of many traditional plant genetic...On-farm conservation, Ethnobotany, Landraces, PITPGRFA, Italy, Plant genetic resources, and Ex situ conservation
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Dysphania schraderiana (Schult.) Mosyakin & Clemants – An overlooked medicinal and ritual plant used in Poland.
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Regeneration from seed in herbaceous understorey of ancient woodlands of temperate Europe
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Myrcia (Myrtaceae) in the Vale Natural Reserve, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Abstract Myrcia (Myrteae, Myrtaceae) is represented by 101 species in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, but local floristic surveys on this genus still lack in this centre of diversity and endemism. In this context, a taxonomic account of Myrcia in the Vale Natural Reserve (VNR), Linhares, Espírito Santo, is...