to understand the compatibility of xylem with dry climates, wood anatomy similarities anddifferences of four shrubs were investigated in dry and cold region of sarab (azarbaijan sharghiprovince). these shrubs were: pteropyrum olivieri, rosa canina, tamarix gallica, and rhamnuspallasii, while the wood anatomy of pteropyrum sp. is reported for the first time, in this research.after preparing micr...

BACKGROUND The paper refers to the knowledge and uses of plants and to the linked ritual practices as referred by Matteo (It.'Zì Matteo', En. 'Uncle Matthew'), one of the last elder healers in the Basilicata Region (South Italy). Particular attention is also paid to the uses of 'Vruca' (Tamarix gallica L.) as a medicinal and magical plant used to heal common warts on various parts of the body. ...

A taxonomic revision of the genus Tamarix for Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands is provided, updating Flora iberica account published in 1993. new dichotomous key species also included. The presence certain number previously cited study area (T. arborea, T. canariensis, dalmatica, mannifera, mascatensis, meyeri, octandra, rosea, tetragyna) discarded or considered doubtful. Seven are accept...

Over the period 2006–2010, 40 species of primary parasitoids belonging to eleven genera were found and reared from 50 species of host aphids, from a total of 106 host plants collected from 62 localities all around Slovenia. Over 230 tritrophic associations have been reviewed, including four associations which are reported for the first time; Ephedrus plagiator/ Staticobium limonii/ Limonium ang...

French tamarisk, Tamarix gallica L. (family Tamaricaceae) is a deciduous tree that, like other halophytes, grows in wide variety of saline habitats thanks to its powerful phenolics-based antioxidant system. Given that properties are usually linked the presence compounds with antifungal properties, work presented herein antimicrobial activity T. bark extract was investigated against four phytopa...

1 UR MaNE, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, Zarzouna, Tunisia, 2 Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 3 Department of Chemistry, UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, 4 Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lis...