Objective: Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) is the largest genus of vascular plants in the world, that comprises an estimated number of 2900 annual and perennial species. The members of this genus have a broad spectrum of usages (e.g. medicine, food, fodder, fuel, ornamental plants, etc.). Here, we present a review of ethnobotanical applications of different species of Astragalus by various ethnic and ...

The latest vascular plants biodiversity data of Kuzbass region is presented. species that should be excluded from the Kemerovo flora list are reported. require further research for making an exclusion mentioned. Additionally, rare can already attributed to disappeared ones territory noted. It established there 1728 at present time on Kuzbass.

Fragmentary, indifferently preserved, and of low diversity plant remains occur in basal part of the Khoshyeilagh Formation, northern Shahrud, eastern Alborz Ranges. The oldest hitherto reported from Iran, the remains are essentially assignable to lycophytes and psilophytes. Additionally, spores retrieved from the Khoshyeilagh Formation with reference to available data on spore-plant relation-sh...

In a short-term experiment we studied the effects of increased light and nitrogen (N) availability on the moss Calliergonella cuspidata by cutting vascular plants and adding nitrogen in a calcareous fen in the mountainous region of central Switzerland. Shoots of Calliergonella growing in plots with reduced vascular plant competition showed smaller increments in length of the main axis and produ...

Seeds are one of the most significant innovations in the land plant lineage, critical to the diversification and adaptation of plants to terrestrial environments. From perspective of seed evo-devo, the most crucial developmental stage in this innovation is seed maturation, which includes accumulation of storage reserves, acquisition of desiccation tolerance, and induction of dormancy. Based on ...