The pollen cone and the pollen grain of the two Argentinean species of Araucaria are described with LM, SEM and TEM. Primordia of pollen cones are formed in April and May and reach maturity by mid-October in A. angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze and by mid-November in A. araucana. (Mol.) K. Koch. Characters of the mature pollen cones and microsporophylls between both taxa are clearly differentiated...

Article history: Received on: 09/06/2014 Revised on: 17/07/2014 Accepted on: 04/08/2014 Available online: 27/08/2014 The present study was attempted to evaluate diuretic potency of total alcoholic extracts and its polar and non polar fractions of Priyala fruits (Buchanania angustifolia, Buchanania lanzan Fam: Anacardiaceae) in rats. Healthy adult Wistar albino rats weighing about 150-200 g were...

Species boundaries in Lippia asperrima and turnerifolia complex (Verbenaceae)
 The specific of L. are discussed. contermina is accepted as segregated asperrima, while modesta Morongii rehabilitated the synonym turnerifolia. Lantana ovata var. hirsuta recognized new synonymies contermina, whereas trachyphylla treated cospecific modesta, asperima f. angustifolia reduced under Morongii. All s...

The article presents data on the study of effect technogenically polluted wastewater digital biomass and NDVI parameters phytoremediants. Analysis plant growth development was carried out Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (obtained by in vitro method), Typha angustifolia L. T. latifolia from seeds). All species were grown combination with various microorganisms under influence wastewa...

Many Lamiaceae species are consumed in the Lebanese cuisine as food or condiment and are largely used in the traditional medicine of Lebanon to treat various diseases, including microbial infections. In this article we report the traditional medicinal uses of eleven Lamiaceae species: Coridothymus capitatus L., Lavandula stoechas L., Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Mentha spicata L. subsp. conden...

Using surveys of natural populations, experimental crosses, and common garden trials, we tested the hypothesis that hybrid cottonwoods (Populus fremontii × P. angustifolia) from the Weber River in northern Utah would produce as many viable offspring as their parental species. We found that both F(1) generations and backcross generations can be just as fit as the parent taxa. First, F(1) hybrids...

Dodonaea angustifolia L.f is a medicinal plant used in the Kenyan traditional system of medicine to cure human diseases. The secondary metabolites present in the surface exudates, showed phytochemical diversity of this plant from different geographical conditions in Kenya. There was great geographical variability in the composition of the surface exudates in D. angustifolia populations as refle...

Aromatic plant species present in the natural Park of Tuscany Archipelago are used as flavoring agents and spices, as dietary supplements and in cosmetics and aromatherapy. The plants are usually collected from wild stands, inducing a depletion of the natural habitat. Therefore, micropropagation of these aromatic plants can play a role in the protection of the natural ecosystem, can guarantee a...

The definition of the volatile organic compounds profile plants is an important tool for food quality and authenticity assessment. aim this study was to quantitative determination three Artemisia campestris L. subsp. glutinosa, Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Zingiber officinale rosch. using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (SPME/GC-MS). Thirty-three were determined in application SPME/GC-MS....