Tissue succulence in plants: Carrying water for climate change

AV Pérez-López, SD Lim, JC Cushman - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Tissue succulence in plants involves the storage of water in one or more organs or tissues to
assist in maintaining water potentials on daily or seasonal time scales. This drought …

Drought-Adapted Mediterranean Diet Plants: A Source of Bioactive Molecules Able to Give Nutrigenomic Effects per sè or to Obtain Functional Foods

S La Scala, F Naselli, P Quatrini, G Gallo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean diet features plant-based foods renowned for their health benefits
derived from bioactive compounds. This review aims to provide an overview of the bioactive …

A critical inventory of the mediterranean endemics in the egyptian flora

H Bedair, K Shaltout, MWA Halmy - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
In terms of plant diversity, the Mediterranean Basin is the world's second richest hotspot, and
one of the most important locations on the planet for endemic species. Despite the …

Ethnopharmacobotany and diversity of Mediterranean endemic plants in Marmilla subregion, Sardinia, Italy

E Cocco, D Maccioni, E Sanjust, D Falconieri, E Farris… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human populations in various regions across the world exploit the medicinal properties of
plants to treat a wide variety of diseases. Areas with both high rates of endemic taxa and …

Phytochemical Profiles and Biological Activities of Plant Extracts from Aromatic Plants Cultivated in Cyprus

A Chrysargyris, JD Petrovic, EM Tomou, K Kyriakou… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plant extracts and essential oils have been used for medicinal purposes
since ancient times. Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) are composed of various …

Evaluation of Conservation status of the Egyptian endemic plants along the Mediterranean coastal strip region

MM El-Khalafy, YM Al-Sodany, DA Ahmed… - Journal of Coastal …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The IUCN Red List, which provides data on distribution, ecology and habitats,
population size, economic uses, threats and conservation actions, is a critical indicator of the …

Stacked machine learning models for predicting species richness and endemism for Mediterranean endemic plants in the Mareotis subsector in Egypt

H Bedair, K Shaltout, MWA Halmy - Plant Ecology, 2023 - Springer
An effective method for identifying species and evaluating the effects of changes caused by
humans on specific species is the application of species distribution modelling (SDM) in …

Dispersal capacities of pollen, seeds and spores: insights from comparative analyses of spatial genetic structures in bryophytes and spermatophytes

T Fichant, A Ledent, F Collart… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The dramatic fluctuations of climate conditions since the late Tertiary era have
resulted in major species range shifts. These movements were conditioned by geographic …

The link of socioeconomic importance to the conservation status of the Mediterranean endemic plants in Egypt

K SHALTOUT, H BEDAIR, MM EL-KHALAFY… - Nusantara …, 2023 - smujo.id
Shaltout K, Bedair H, El-Khalafy MM, Keshta A, Halmy MWA. 2023. The link of
socioeconomic importance to the conservation status of the Mediterranean endemic plants …

Molecular Variation in Some Taxa of Genus Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

LH Khal, NA Tahir, RT Abdul-Razaq - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Astragalus L. is one of the main genera of blossoming plants, and its diversity of species and
forms is well known. The Astragalus L. taxa make a significant contribution to the …