Although many ecological properties of species respond to climate change, their evolutionary responses are poorly understood. Here, we use data from long-term demographic studies to predict evolutionary responses of three herbaceous perennial orchid species, Cypripedium parviflorum, C. candidum and Ophrys sphegodes, to predicted climate changes in the habitats they occupy. We focus on the evolu...

Free radical-mediated oxidation is often linked to various degenerative diseases. Biological substrates with lipids as major components are susceptible to oxygen-derived lipid peroxidation due to their composition. Lipid peroxide products act as biomarkers in evaluating the antioxidant potential of various plants and functional foods. The study focused on evaluation of the antioxidant potential...

The chromosome numbers and karyotypes of eight species, the subgenus Botryanthus genus Muscari distributed in Turkey were analyzed. These taxa are M. adilii M.B. Güner & H. Duman, anatolicum Cowley Özhatay, bourgaei Baker, latifolium, J. Krik, inconstrictum Rech. f. microstomum P.H. Davis D.C. Staurt, parviflorum Desf. sandrasicum Karlén. Five them (M. adilii, anatolicum, bourgaei, sandrasicum)...

Generally the medicinal plants consist of more phytochemicals and all of them are secondary metabolites. These phytochemicals have the ability to produce physiological changes on the human body. The phytochemicals have various complex substances. Keeping this view in mind the present investigation was carried out in Canthium parviflorum seed material in comparison with in-vitro leaf callus mate...

The present study aimed at evaluating the antibacterial activity of methanol extract of Ruta chalapensis, L., (Rutaceae), Quercus infectoria Oliver., (Fagaceae) and Canthium parviflorum Lam., (Rubiaceae) against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella oxytocoa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis. The experiment was carried out using disc diffusi...

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.

Seed coat morphology of Lemmonia californica. long held to be a relative of Nama. was examined using scanning electron microscopy. Its seed coat exhibits reticulum cells with undulate cell walls and columnar radial wall thickenings. Seed coat structure in nine species of Nama. N. demissum. N. aretioides. N. densum. N. parviflorum. N. pusillum. N. depressum. N. dichotomum. N. sericeum and N. ori...