I. Nomenclature: A) Cannabis sativa L.; B) marihuana, hemp, Mary Jane; chanvre (Fr.); canamo (Sp.); konopli (Ru); Kanf (Gr.) (Fig. 1); C) synonyms: There are many names for the horticultural variants of Cannabis sativa. Some names have been validly published in accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Names used in the literature (valid and invalid) include: C. ruderali...

Phylogenetic relationships of species within the pleurocarpous moss genus Neckera s.l. (Neckeraceae) are reconstructed based on three genomic regions: plastid rps4-trnT-trnL-trnF cluster and rpl16 group II intron, as well internal transcribed spacer region nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2). The phylogenetic reconstruction suggests numerous taxonomic changes Neckeraceae. Two unispecific Asi...

In popular use of Bayesian phylogenetics, a default branch-length prior is almost universally applied without knowing how a different prior would have affected the outcome. We performed Bayesian and maximum likelihood (ML) inference of phylogeny based on empirical nucleotide sequence data from a family of lichenized ascomycetes, the Psoraceae, the morphological delimitation of which has been co...

The modulation of cell proliferation in neural progenitor cells (NPCs) is believed to play a role in neuronal regeneration. Recent studies showed that K(+) channel activity influenced cell proliferation. Therefore, we examined NPCs for K(+) channels and tested whether NPC self renewing can be modulated by synthetic K(+) channel modulators. The whole-cell K(+) current was partly K(+) dependent a...

Li, Yanyan, Peili Wang, Jianchao Xu, and Gary V. Desir. Voltagegated potassium channel Kv1.3 regulates GLUT4 trafficking to the plasma membrane via a Ca -dependent mechanism. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C345–C351, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00091.2005.— Kv1.3 is a voltage-gated K channel expressed in insulin-sensitive tissues. We previously showed that gene inactivation or pharmacological inh...

(2834) Sarcogyne Flot. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 8: 381–382. 10 Mai 1850, nom. cons. prop. Typus: S. clavus (DC.) Kremp. Denkschr. Königl. Baier. Ges. Regensburg 4(2): 212. 1861 (Patellaria DC.), typ. The name is listed Appendix III of the International Code Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Wiersema & al., https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/codes-proposals 2018–) as conserved from a...

Multiple drivers shape the spatial distribution of species, including dispersal capacity, niche incumbency, climate variability, orographic barriers, and plate tectonics. However, biogeographic patterns of fungi commonly do not fit conventional expectations based on studies of animals and plants. Fungi, in general, are known to occur across exceedingly broad, intercontinental distributions, inc...