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  • An annotated catalogue of Aloe and Aloiampelos (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) naturalised and escaped in continental Portugal 
    Smith, Gideon F.; Figueiredo, Estrela; Verloove, Filip; Klopper, Ronell Renett; Silva, Vasco (Magnolia Press, 2023-12-04)
    Three species of Aloe, namely A. arborescens, A. maculata, and A. vera, have been formally recorded as naturalised in the region covered by the Flora iberica project, which includes the Iberian Peninsula [Portugal and ...
  • A taxonomic revision of Aloe sect. Purpurascentes (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) 
    Klopper, Ronell Renett; Grace, Olwen M.; Klopper, Arrie Willem; Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-11-29)
    Aloe sect. Purpurascentes, or the speckled aloes (not to be confused with the maculate aloes, which are members of A. sect. Pictae), occurs in southern and western South Africa and southern Namibia. This section is here ...
  • A new species of Phyllogeiton (Rhamnaceae: Rhamneae) from Maputaland, South Africa 
    Boon, Richard G.C.; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-03-02)
    Recently the genus Phyllogeiton was reinstated to accommodate the two currently recognized species of Berchemia, namely P. discolor and P. zeyheri, which are confined to Africa and Madagascar. In the present contribution ...
  • Progresses of the international community to understand sunflower–pollinator interactions through multiscale approache 
    Catrice, Olivier; Holalu, Srinidhi; Terzic, Sreten; Todesco, Marco; Creux, Nicole Marie; Langlade, Nicolas B. (EDP Sciences, 2023)
    The first web conference on sunflower–pollinator interactions gathered the international community around a major topic for sunflower productivity and ecosystemic biodiversity. Insect-mediated pollination is important ...
  • Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands 
    Díaz-Martínez, Paloma; Maestre, Fernando T.; Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Eldridge, David J.; Saiz, Hugo; Gross, Nicolas; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann; Gozalo, Beatriz; Ochoa, Victoria; Guirado, Emilio; García-Gómez, Miguel; Valencia, Enrique; Asensio, Sergio; Berdugo, Miguel; Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime; Mendoza, Betty J.; García-Gil, Juan C.; Zaccone, Claudio; Panettieri, Marco; García-Palacios, Pablo; Fan, Wei; Benavente-Ferraces, Iria; Rey, Ana; Eisenhauer, Nico; Cesarz, Simone; Abedi, Mehdi; Ahumada, Rodrigo J.; Alcántara, Julio M.; Amghar, Fateh; Aramayo, Valeria; Arroyo, Antonio I.; Bahalkeh, Khadijeh; Ben Salem, Farah; Blaum, Niels; Boldgiv, Bazartseren; Bowker, Matthew A.; Bran, Donaldo; Branquinho, Cristina; Bu, Chongfeng; Cáceres, Yonatan; Canessa, Rafaella; Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P.; Castro, Ignacio; Castro-Quezada, Patricio; Chibani, Roukaya; Conceição, Abel A.; Currier, Courtney M.; Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony; Deák, Balázs; Dickman, Christopher R.; Donoso, David A.; Dougill, Andrew J.; Durán, Jorge; Ejtehadi, Hamid; Espinosa, Carlos I.; Fajardo, Alex; Farzam, Mohammad; Ferrante, Daniela; Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Gaitán, Juan J.; Gusman Montalván, Elizabeth; Hernández-Hernández, Rosa M.; Von Hessberg, Andreas; Hölzel, Norbert; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Hughes, Frederic M.; Jadán-Maza, Oswaldo; Geissler, Katja; Jentsch, Anke; Ju, Mengchen; Kaseke, Kudzai F.; Kindermann, Liana; Koopman, Jessica E.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Liancourt, Pierre; Linstädter, Anja; Liu, Jushan; Louw, Michelle Anne; Maggs-Kölling, Gillian; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Issa, Oumarou Malam; Marais, Eugene; Margerie, Pierre; Mazaneda, Antonio J.; McClaran, Mitchel P.; Messeder, João Vitor S.; Mora, Juan P.; Moreno, Gerardo; Issa, Oumarou Malam; Marais, Eugene; Margerie, Pierre; Mazaneda, Antonio J.; McClaran, Mitchel P.; Messeder, João Vitor S.; Mora, Juan P.; Moreno, Gerardo; Munson, Seth M.; Nunes, Alice; Oliva, Gabriel; Oñatibia, Gastón R.; Osborne, Brooke; Peter, Guadalupe; Pueyo, Yolanda; Quiroga, R. Emiliano; Reed, Sasha C.; Reyes, Victor M.; Rodríguez, Alexandra; Ruppert, Jan C.; Sala, Osvaldo; Salah, Ayman; Sebei, Julius; Sloan, Michael; Solongo, Shijirbaatar; Stavi, Ilan; Stephens, Colton R.A.; Teixido, Alberto L.; Thomas, Andrew D.; Throop, Heather L.; Tielbörger, Katja; Travers, Samantha; Val, James; Valko, Orsolya; Van den Brink, Liesbeth; Velbert, Frederike; Wamiti, Wanyoike; Wang, Deli; Wang, Lixin; Wardle, Glenda M.; Yahdjian, Laura; Zaady, Eli; Zeberio, Juan M.; Zhang, Yuanming; Zhou, Xiaobing; Plaza, César (Nature Research, 2024-09)
    Mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) constitutes a major fraction of global soil carbon and is assumed less sensitive to climate than particulate organic carbon (POC) due to protection by minerals. Despite its importance ...
  • Friends without benefits : extensive cytotype sympatry and polyploid persistence in an African geophyte 
    Vaz de Sousa, Damian; Greve, Michelle; Oberlander, K.C. (Kenneth) (Wiley, 2024-08)
    PREMISE : Polyploidy is a major factor in plant adaptation and speciation. Multiple mechanisms contribute to autopolyploid frequency within populations, but uncertainties remain regarding mechanisms that facilitate ...
  • Evaluation of Lippia scaberrima Sond. and Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R. Dahlgren extracts on human CYP enzymes and gold nanoparticle synthesis: implications for drug metabolism and cytotoxicity 
    Kok, Anna-Mari; Juvonen, Risto; Pasanen, Markku; Mandiwana, Vusani; Kalombo, Michel Lonji; Ray, Suprakas Sinha; Rikhotso‑Mbungela, Rirhandzu; Lall, Namrita (BioMed Central Ltd, 2024-04)
    BACKGROUND: Metabolism is an important component of the kinetic characteristics of herbal constituents, and it often determines the internal dose and concentration of these effective constituents at the target site. The ...
  • Hybrid vigor in Eucalyptus increases resistance against Phytophthora root rot 
    Bose, Tanay; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Jones, Wayne; Roux, Jolanda; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2023-04)
    Eucalyptus nitens is a cold-tolerant eucalypt that is native to Eastern Australia. Pure E. nitens as well as its hybrids, such as Eucalyptus grandis × Eucalyptus nitens, is propagated commercially in various regions of ...
  • Steroids and fatty acid esters from Cyperus sexangularis leaf and their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-elastase properties 
    Miya, Gugulethu Mathews; Oriola, Ayodeji Oluwabunmi; Payne, Bianca D.; Cuyler, Marize; Lall, Namrita; Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi (MDPI, 2023-04-13)
    Cyperus sexangularis (CS) is a plant in the sedges family (Cyperaceae) that grows abundantly in swampy areas. The leaf sheath of plants in the Cyperus genus are mostly used domestically for mat making, while they are ...
  • Advances in the integration of microalgal communities for biomonitoring of metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa 
    Mulenga, Mary; Monde, Concillia; Johnson, Todd; Ouma, Kennedy O.; Syampungani, Stephen (Springer, 2024-06)
    This review elucidated the recent advances in integrating microalgal communities in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It also highlighted the potential of incorporating microalgae ...
  • Irrigation should be explored as a sustainable management solution to the acid mine drainage legacy of the Witwatersrand goldfields 
    Annandale, John George; Du Plessis, Meiring; Tanner, Philip Dale; Heuer, Sarah; Madiseng, Lesego (Springer, 2023-12)
    Mine closure in the Witwatersrand Goldfields of South Africa has resulted in an acid mine drainage (AMD) legacy that is difficult to manage and costly to address. As a short-term measure, three large high-density sludge ...
  • Microbiome interconnectedness throughout environments with major consequences for healthy people and a healthy planet 
    Sessitsch, Angela; Wakelin, Steve; Schloter, Michael; Maguin, Emmanuelle; Cernava, Tomislav; Champomier-Verges, Marie-Christine; Charles, Trevor C.; Cotter, Paul D.; Ferrocino, Ilario; Kriaa, Aicha; Lebre, Pedro Humberto; Cowan, Don A.; Lange, Lene; Kiran, Seghal; Markiewicz, Lidia; Meisner, Annelein; Olivares, Marta; Sarand, Inga; Schelkle, Bettina; Selvin, Joseph; Smidt, Hauke; Van Overbeek, Leo; Berg, Gabriele; Cocolin, Luca; Sanz, Yolanda; Fernandes, Jr. Wilson Lemos; Liu, S.J.; Ryan, Matthew; Singh, Brajesh; Kostic, Tanja (American Society for Microbiology, 2023-09)
    Microbiomes have highly important roles for ecosystem functioning and carry out key functions that support planetary health, including nutrient cycling, climate regulation, and water filtration. Microbiomes are also ...
  • Bacterial secretion system functions : evidence of interactions and downstream implications 
    Maphosa, Silindile; Moleleki, Lucy N.; Motaung, Thabiso Eric (Microbiology Society, 2023-04-21)
    Unprecedented insights into the biology and functions of bacteria have been and continue to be gained through studying bacterial secretion systems in isolation. This method, however, results in our understanding of the ...
  • Poor transferability of richness models : predicting plot-scale plant diversity in the Waterberg, South Africa 
    Venter, Tamryn S.; Barker, Nigel; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Elsevier, 2024-08)
    Modelling measures of biodiversity for understudied taxa or regions is one method to address taxonomic and geographic biases in biodiversity data. However, modelling biodiversity metrics, such as species richness, to ...
  • Response of sugarcane cultivars to chemical ripeners during the mid-period of harvesting in Ethiopia 
    Ayele, Netsanet; Tana, Tamado; Van Heerden, Philippus Daniel Riekert; W/Tsadik, Kebede; Alemayehu, Yibekal (Springer, 2023-02)
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  • Plant poaching in southern Africa is aided by taxonomy : is a return to Caput bonae spei inevitable? 
    Smith, Gideon F.; Figueiredo, Estrela; Victor, Janine; Klopper, Ronell Renett (Wiley, 2023-08)
    In recent years the poaching of, especially, succulent plants from the wild in South Africa has developed into an enormous, illegal industry, with the number of such plants confiscated increasing annually by over 250%. It ...
  • Morphological and habitat differentiation between diploids and tetraploids of a Drakensberg near-endemic taxon, Rhodohypoxis baurii var. platypetala (Hypoxidaceae) 
    Mtileni, Masingitla P.; Oberlander, Kenneth C.; Glennon, Kelsey L. (Wiley, 2024-03)
    Environmental factors may shape the spatial distribution of ploidy levels. Here, we undertook a cytogeographical study of Rhodohypoxis baurii var. platypetala (Hypoxidaceae), a Drakensberg near-endemic taxon. We addressed ...
  • Fine-scale variation in the effect of the cushion plant Azorella selago on vascular plants, mosses, hepatics and lichens in the sub-Antarctic 
    Buyens, Isabelle Patricia Rita; Raath-Krüger, Morgan Jade; Haddad, William A.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Wiley, 2023-07)
    QUESTION : Plant–plant interactions can strongly influence community structure and composition. The outcome of these interactions can vary considerably across space and is often linked to environmental conditions, with, ...
  • The stimulating effect of extracts of South African plants on melanin production and their antibacterial activity against Cutibacterium acnes 
    Lall, Namrita; Steyn, Aimee; Blom van Staden, Analike; Kentane, Thobeka; Twilley, Danielle (Elsevier, 2024-09)
    Progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH) is a hypopigmented skin disorder, which is identified by the presence of hypopigmented macules on the trunk and upper extremities. It is caused by the bacteria, Cutibacterium acnes ...
  • Fire facilitates ground layer plant diversity in a Miombo ecosystem 
    Wieczorkowski, Jakub D.; Lehmann, Caroline E.R.; Archibald, Sally; Banda, Sarah; Goyder, David J.; Kaluwe, Mokwani; Kapinga, Kondwani; Larridon, Isabel; Mashau, A.C.; Phiri, Elina; Syampungani, Stephen (Oxford University Press, 2024-05)
    BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Little is known about the response of ground layer plant communities to fire in Miombo ecosystems, which is a global blind spot of ecological understanding. We aimed: (1) to assess the impact of three ...