Cleistogamy, a breeding system in which permanently closed, self-pollinated flowers are
produced, has received increasing attention in recent years, but the last comprehensive …

The genus Viola (Violaceae) is among the 40–50 largest genera among angiosperms, yet its
taxonomy has not been revised for nearly a century. In the most recent revision, by Wilhelm …

This article, based on fieldwork in the Pakistani Punjab and with predominantly Punjabi
families in Bristol, is concerned with the common practice of British Pakistanis marrying …

Rapateaceae and Bromeliaceae each have a center of diversity in South America and a
single species native to a sandstone area in west Africa that abutted the Guayana Shield in …

Abstract Background Viola philippica Cav. is the only source plant of “Zi Hua Di Ding”, which
is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that is utilized as an antifebrile and detoxicant …

Aim This contribution treats the phytogeography of the contemporary campos de altitude
flora, with a focus on patterns at the level of genus. Comparative analysis using data from 17 …

Calochortus and the family Liliaceae ss have often been considered each other's closest
relatives, based partly on their shared possession of bulbs, visually showy flowers, winged …

Current debates about changing patterns of work tend to be structured around Atkinson's
model of the flexible firm, which is similar to Loveridge's model of firm-specific labour …

Cyclotides are plant-derived miniproteins that have the unusual features of a head-to-tail
cyclized peptide backbone and a knotted arrangement of disulfide bonds. It had been …

Symbolic interaction is a subjectivist sociology that concerns itself with the actor's point of
view as well as the nature of the situation in which collective action is constructed. Unlike …