Vegetative anatomical studies of 10 species of Garcinia L., described by earlier workers to be present in Sri Lanka were carried out. A detailed anatomical investigation of lamina, petiole, young stem and wood, was carried out and the results were analyzed by statistical methods. The study agrees with previous workers in that there are 10 Garcinia species in Sri Lanka. Further, it also revealed...

The taxonomical composition and four ecological characteristics (life form, seed-dispersal, pollination and reproductive mode) of the 553 endemic species occurring in the south of the Iberian Peninsula have been investigated. A comparative analysis of the results reveals that this endemic flora does not comply with the general patterns previously observed in local floras, Mediterranean regional...

An updated checklist of the scorpion fauna of Iran, as well as a brief history of taxonomic research on scorpions of Iran is presented. The checklist is based on records of scorpion species whose presence has been confirmed in Iran through field expeditions, examination of scorpion collections, literature review, and personal communications from researchers. The scorpion fauna consists of 51 sp...

suaeda iranshahrii akhani & freitag, previous specimens cited as s. maritima,is described as a new species of sect. brezia endemic to the coasts of the persian gulf; it is subdivided into the type variety distributed along the persian side and var. arabica freitag from the arabian shore. the new species is named in honour of dr. musa iranshahr, the eminent iranian botanist to whom this festschr...

This study focuses on Anguilliformes specimens revising which collected during 2006-08 in some Iranian museums. For this study, all museum samples from Iranian coastal waters of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea were investigated. The results indicated that species diversity in the Iranian waters can be classified into six families of Anguiliformes (Eels and Morays fishes). A total of 11 species...

It is rare to find human populations exposed to a single malaria parasite species – in most endemic areas, at least three Plasmodium species co-exist. Here, we briefly review mixed species infection in malaria, and discuss apparently disparate clinical and epidemiological observations of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, now equally prevalent in Thailand, which suggest that an ‘entent...

This study focuses on Anguilliformes specimens revising which collected during 2006-08 in some Iranian museums. For this study, all museum samples from Iranian coastal waters of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea were investigated. The results indicated that species diversity in the Iranian waters can be classified into six families of Anguiliformes (Eels and Morays fishes). A total of 11 species ...

For example among the gastropods 80% of the species found in the lake are endemic. Most diversity is displayed in the family Thiaridae. The genus Lavigeria it is the most common thiarid genus and at the same time the most diverse (Michel 1995). It has an estimated species diversity of 20 or more endemic species (Michel & Todd, in prep). The often sympatric species show many shell morphological ...