Herbaceous plant diversity in forest ecosystems: patterns, mechanisms, and threats

ME Spicer, HVN Radhamoni, MC Duguid… - Plant Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Studies conducted in forests have resulted in much of the ecological theory we build upon
today. However, our basic understanding of forest ecology comes almost exclusively from …

Integrative analyses of Crepidium (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Malaxideae) shed more light on its relationships with Dienia, Liparis and Malaxis and justify reinstatement of …

P Kumar, J Li, SW Gale - Botanical Journal of the Linnean …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Malaxidinae are a cosmopolitan higher Epidendroid subtribe of> 1250 species that exhibit
wide morphological and ecological diversity. Despite almost two centuries of taxonomic …

Specific leaf area (SLA) serves as a proxy to predict total carbon content in understory individuals of the neotropical canopy palm Socratea exorrhiza

G Avalos - Trees, 2023 - Springer
Key message Specific leaf area (SLA, cm2g− 1) is a fundamental leaf economics spectrum
trait, which predicted the total carbon sequestered at the individual level in understory palms …

Delayed effects of climate on vital rates lead to demographic divergence in Amazonian forest fragments

ER Scott, M Uriarte, EM Bruna - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deforestation often results in landscapes where remaining forest habitat is highly
fragmented, with remnants of different sizes embedded in an often highly contrasting matrix …

Salvia guidongensis sp. nov.: unraveling a critical evolutionary link in East Asian Salvia from Central China integrating morphology, phylogeny, and plastid genomics

YB Huang, ZC Qi, JY Feng, BJ Ge, CZ Huang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Salvia L., representing the largest genus within the mint family, is noted for its
global distribution of approximately 1000 species, with East Asia, and particularly China …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and Distribution of Monocot Understory Herbs during Tropical Forest Succession in Northeastern Costa Rica

JWC Sun, RL Chazdon, PW Rundel - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Broad-leaved monocot herbs form one of the most common and diverse growth forms of
Neotropical plants. Their significance and frequency of occurrence is particularly notable in …

Differential Species Richness and Ecological Success of Epiphytes and Hemiepiphytes of Neotropical Araceae and Cyclanthaceae

EC Riordan, KL Gerst, O Vargas Ramirez, PW Rundel - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Numerous plant functional traits of ecophysiology and morphology associated with an
epiphytic life history have promoted relatively high rates of evolutionary diversification and …

The potential utilization of non-timber vascular plants in the karst area of Ayah Village, Kebumen District, Central Java, Indonesia

S INDRIYANI, DM AURINA, MF RAMADHAN… - International Journal of …, 2023 - smujo.id
Indriyani S, Aurina DM, Ramadhan MF, Rachmalia F, Fauziyyah MD, Faturrahman AD,
Nazar IA, Septiasari A, Naim DMD, Setyawan AD. 2023. The potential utilization of non …

Flexible drought deciduousness in a neotropical understory herb

JG Harenčár, E Ávila‐Lovera… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Adaptive divergence across environmental gradients is a key driver of speciation.
Precipitation seasonality gradients are common in the tropics, yet drought adaptation is …

Forest structure predicts plant and animal species diversity and composition changes in an Amazonian forest

M São Pedro, MN Smith, G Zuquim, H Tuomisto… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Forest structure plays an important role in determining habitat suitability for plants and
animals, but these relationships are poorly characterized for different biological communities …