Several new Combretum Loefl. (Combretaceae) collections from Central Africa have revealed a taxonomical confusion in that genus. To correct these mistakes two species, C. pellegrinianum Exell and littoreum (Engler) Engler & Diels, are resurrected one variety, Quisqualis falcata var. mussaendiflora (Engl. Diels) Liben, is transferred again to species level as mussaendiflorum Engl. Diels. The rel...

Knowledge of ecological impacts of exotic beach almond (Terminalia catappa) in the central Pacific of Costa Rica are little known, but studies have found this species to be a potentially important food source for endangered scarlet macaws (Ara macao). In this study, reproductive phenology and seed predation by variegated squirrels (Sciurus variegatoides) and scarlet macaws were measured during ...