A phylogenetic analysis of the species belonging to the weevil genus Rhinusa Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Mecinini) was carried out. Rhinusa weevils feed on plants of the closely related families Scrophulariaceae and Plantaginaceae. Based on a cladistic analysis of six outgroup and 33 ingroup taxa, and 39 adult morphological and 8 ecological characters, eight well s...

Plant chemistry can be a key driver of host shifts in herbivores. Several species in the sawfly genus Athalia are important economic pests on Brassicaceae, whereas other Athalia species are specialized on Lamiales. These host plants have glucosides in common, which are sequestered by larvae. To disentangle the possible direction of host shifts in this genus, we examined the sequestration specif...

Abstract Pollen morphology of six species belonging to genera Ellisiophyllum and Sibthorpia (Plantaginaceae tribe Sibthorpieae) was studied using light scanning electron microscopy. The data were analyzed in the first phylogenetic analysis including all but one DNA sequence from nuclear ribosomal (ITS) plastid trn L-F region. grains representatives this are 3-colpate, occasionally 3-porate, sub...

The typification of five names in tribe Antirrhineae (Plantaginaceae): Antirrhinum crassifolium (≡ Chaenorhinum crassifolium), var. parviflorum, C. flexuosum hispanicum subsp. cadevallii), formenterae, and Linaria serpyllifolia serpyllifolium) is discussed. are lectotypified using specimens from MA, LAU, COI, LY, C, respectively.

Cover Illustration: The study of biodiversity is fundamental to our understanding of life on Earth and to confronting some of the problems caused by our own species. Further, we increasingly count on biodiversity for a wide variety of ecosystem functions and services amidst a gauntlet of anthropogenic changes. In fact, biodiversity is disappearing at a rate even faster than the last mass extinc...

This paper records the plants used in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis (L(V)b) among the rural population of a cocoa-producing coastal area of Bahia state, Brazil. An enquiry conducted among a hundred patients identified 49 plants species used to treat skin ulceration caused by this Leishmania species. The principal plants used are caju-branco (A...

The article presents new floristic novelties of Veronica L. subgenus Pseudolysimachium (Plantaginaceae) the Altai Mountain Country and adjacent areas. For first time, × grisea Kosachev et A. Ebel was collected in Republic Altai, V. pinnata is indicated for Novosibirsk Region. In addition, locations 7 rare endemic species are given. Point distribution maps given most species.

The flora of protected Shanjan rangeland in Shabestar district, Azerbaijan Province, NW Iran was studied using a 1 m × 1 m quadrate in spring and summer 2011. The climate of this area is cold and dry. In this area 94 plant species belonging to 25 families were identified as constituting the major part of the vegetation. The families in the area are Amaryllidaceae, Boraginaceae, Campanulaceae, C...