This superb and innovative handbook keys, describes and illustrates each of the 2200
species known from the 100 kml of the Ducke Reserve at Manaus in the heart of the Amazon …

Societal Impact Statement Research and publication of the planet's remaining plant and
fungal species as yet unknown to science is essential if we are to address the United Nations …

New Guinea is the world’s largest tropical island and has fascinated naturalists for centuries
1 , 2 . Home to some of the best-preserved ecosystems on the planet 3 and to intact …

Despite the severe threats to plant habitats and high levels of extinction risk for plant species
in many parts of the world, plant conservation priorities are often poorly represented in …

Phylogenetic analyses of Meliaceae, including representatives of all four currently recognized
subfamilies and all but two tribes (32 genera and 35 species, respectively), were carried …

A palaeotropical family of lianas, shrubs and herbs, with a single genus, Nepenthes. There
are 83 species of the family in the Malesian area, including three nothospecies and one little …

A skeletal world revision of the genus is presented to accompany a family account for Flora
Malesiana. 82 species are recognised, of which 74 occur in the Malesiana region. Six …

Nepenthaceae is one of the largest carnivorous plant families and features ecological and
morphological adaptations indicating an impressive adaptive radiation. However, …

Species radiations, despite immense phenotypic variation, can be difficult to resolve
phylogenetically when genetic change poorly matches the rapidity of diversification. Genomic …

… leaves, was pointed out by Cheek in Harvey & al. (… (Cheek in Harvey & al. 2004) and since
it may be extinct, in the present paper Ujor’s specimen is formally described as V. bali Cheek …