Four new species of the huntsman spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 are described from Southern China: Pseudopoda acuminata sp. n. from Suiyang County, Guizhou Province, P. emei sp. n. from Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, P. lacrimosa sp. n. from Fugong County and Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, and P. robusta sp. n. fromJinyun Mountain, Chongqing Municipality.

Four asclepiadaceous types not listed in a previous type catalogue of the collections of the Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Habana, Cuba (HAC) are provided, along with a discussion of typification problems associated with the associated Charles Wright collections. Lectotypifications are provided for Gonolobus stephanotrichus Griseb., Orthosia acuminata Griseb., Orthosia oblongata Griseb.,...

The growth and tissue water, K(+), Na(+), Cl(-), proline and glycinebetaine contents of the shoots and roots of two Chenopodiaceae, Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda monoica have been measured over a range of external NaCl salinities. Both species showed some fresh weight response to low salinity mainly due to increased succulence. S. monoica showed both a greater increase in succulence (at low sal...

Ancient literature alluded to the use of a number of plants/preparations as sex enhancer. One of such botanicals is Massularia acuminata in which the stem has been acclaimed to be used as an aphrodisiac. Documented experiments or clinical data are, however, lacking. Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate the acclaimed aphrodisiac activity of M. acuminata stem. Sixty male rats were com...

Little is known about the demographic consequences of fragmentation for plant populations. By assessing the population structure of a common herb ( Heliconia acuminata ) in an experimentally fragmented landscape in the central Amazon, we tested the predictions that fragmentation could reduce population density, alter population structure, and reduce reproductive effort. Population density in co...

Condyloma acuminata, the anogenital expression of human papillomavirus commonly called genital warts, is the focus here. Of particular emphasis is HPV's association with genital cancer. The use of androscopy for the examination and treatment with cryotherapy, podophyllin, trichloroacetic acid, and 5-fluorouracil also are assessed.

Eight cases of bowenoid papulosis are reported. The clinical diagnoses were confirmed by histology. In one case an immunoperoxidase method showed the presence of papillomavirus antigen in the nucleus of the most superficial epidermal cells. We consider bowenoid papulosis to be a condition with specific features that distinguish it clinically and histologically from carcinoma in situ and condylo...

Responses of Cola nitida and acuminata to NPK Super-gro fertilizers on seedling development, field establishment, canopy characteristics were investigated in 2019-2020. Seedlings the two species transplanted as a randomized complete block design with three replications field. Fertilizer treatments imposed shoot root growth parameters cola monitored for growing seasons. From results, application...