Amentotaxus argotaenia (Hance) Pilg. is a threatened conifer with wide distribution range from North to Central Vietnam due habitat loss and over-exploitation. To provide information for its conservation sustainable management, in the present study, genetic diversity population structure 200 trees eight populations, representing natural of this species were estimated using nuclear microsatellit...

Climate change affects the reproductive life cycles of plants, including pollen production, which has consequences for allergic respiratory diseases. We examined climatic trends at eight locations in Bavaria, Southern Germany, with time series least 10 years (up to 30 Munich). Bavaria was characterized by a rise temperature, but not during winter. There is also trend towards more continental cl...

The middle Paleocene Newell’s Nook biota of the Tongue River Member Fort Union Formation, southeastern Montana, is best known for its early Tiffanian mammalian fauna. Here, we describe an informative fruit and seed assemblage from this locality. These records refine lower stratigraphic boundary several plant genera more widely paleobotanical localities less certain assignment within upper help ...

Today a large part of the European population is exposed to levels air pollution exceeding standards recommended by World Health Organization. Moreover, and seasonal emission allergenic pollen are progressively affecting human health can cause severe allergic reactions, particularly when combines with allergen peaks. Unlike atmospheric pollutants anthropogenic origin, sources have pulsating tre...

Amentotaxus, a genus of Taxaceae, is an ancient lineage with six relic and endangered species. Four Amentotaxus species, namely A. argotaenia, A. formosana, A. yunnanensis, and A. poilanei, are considered a species complex because of their morphological similarities. Small populations of these species are allopatrically distributed in Asian forests. However, only a few codominant markers have b...