In a complex soil environment, competitive and environmental factors interact with individual traits to influence plant’s root growth patterns ability compete for resources. Here, we examine how of focal plant, Plantago lanceolata L., responds resource heterogeneity presence two neighbor species, Centaurea jacea L.and Poa pratensis L. A full factorial experiment tested the effects nutrient hete...

For the first time thecideide brachiopods have been discovered in the Indonesian Archipelago. All specimens were collected in a water depth of 30 m from an old shipwreck, the "Mutiara", which represents a remarkable habitat for these cryptic brachiopods despite its artificial nature. The thecidellinine species Minutella cf. minuta and the lacazelline species Ospreyella mutiara n. sp. are descri...

Thirty valid species and their junior synonymous were investigated. Neotropical species of Epyrinae were also examined in order to find possible misclassified species of Bakeriella. Diagnoses and illustrations of all valid species are provided. Male genitalia of 14 previously described species are first described and illustrated. The lectotypes of Bakeriella flavicornis Kieffer, 1910 and Epyris...

The genus Belyta Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) is studied in northern Iran. specimens were collected using Malaise traps the Alborz, Golestan, Gilan, Mazandaran and Qazvin Provinces during 2010–2018. seven species of are recorded from Iran for first time, abrupta Thomson, 1858, B. bicolor 1807, depressa elongata rugosicollis Kieffer, 1909, sanguinolenta Nees, 1834 validicornis 1858. Di...

In this contribution, new chromosome data obtained on material collected in Italy are presented. It includes counts for Centaurea aegusae , Hieracium racemosum subsp. lucanum, H. australe australe, Lysimachia arvensis arvensis, Micromeria graeca graeca, and M. consentina.

background and objectives: iran owns a rich and prestigious heritage of medicinal herbs but the majority of these plants have not yet undergone chemical, pharmacological and toxicological studies. in the present study some species form northern parts of iran were evaluated for cytotoxicity. methods: sixteen medicinal plants were extracted with methanol and screened for their cytotoxic activitie...