The Araucaria Forests in southern Brazil are part of the Atlantic Rainforest, a key hotspot for
global biodiversity. This habitat has experienced extensive losses of vegetation cover due to …

Salix L. is the largest genus in the family Salicaceae (450 species). Several classifications
have been published, but taxonomic subdivision has been under continuous revision. Our …

Greening disease of citrus in South Africa is associated with 'Candidatus Liberibacter
africanus'(Laf), a phloem-limited bacterium vectored by the sap-sucking insect Trioza …

Species of grasshopper have been divided into three diet classifications based on mandible
morphology: forbivorous (specialist on forbs), graminivorous (specialist on grasses), and …

This paper is the first in a series that documents the diversity, distribution, and evolution of
palynological characters across angiosperms in a contemporary phylogenetic context, using …

Charophytes (Charales) are benthic algae with a complex morphology. They are vulnerable
to ecosystem changes, such as eutrophication, and are redlisted in many countries …

Here we report a rapid and cost-effective method for the extraction of total DNA from
herbarium specimens up to 50-90-year-old. The method takes about 2 h, uses AMPure XP …

Ocimum sp. taxonomy and nomenclature are in a state of confusion; thus species and
cultivar identification are hampered by the large number of species belonging to this genus …

DNA barcodes can facilitate identification of organisms especially when morphological
characters are limited or unobservable. To what extent this potential is realized in specific …

Ludwigia displays a great variety of life forms adapted to aquatic habitats ranging from
humid to water saturated. Morpho-anatomical characters were used to characterize and …