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Seven new records of Myrtaceae in Brazil
Sobral, Marcos Eduardo Guerra; Souza, Maria Anália Duarte de; Santos, Matheus Fortes; Almeida, Thaís Elias deCalyptranthes conduplicata, C. vexata, Eugenia moritziana, E. pusilliflora, Marlierea suborbicularis, Myrcia crispa and M. subcordifolia are new records for the Brazilian flora. All species except Eugenia moritziana, recorded from Espírito Santo state, are reported for the first time in Brazilian Amazonia. © 2015 Check List and Authors.
Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list
Cardoso, Domingos; Särkinen, Tiina E.; Alexander, Sara; Amorim, André Márcio Araújo; Bittrich, Volker; Celis, Marcela; Daly, Douglas CharlesRecent debates on the number of plant species in the vast lowland rain forests of the Amazon have been based largely on model estimates, neglecting published checklists based on verified voucher data. Here we collate taxonomically verified checklists to present a list of seed plant species from lowland Amazon rain forests. Our list comprises 14,003 species, of which 6,727 are trees. These figures are similar to...
Preservation of primary forest characteristics despite fragmentation and isolat...
Gastauer, Markus; Sobral, Marcos Eduardo Guerra; Meira-Neto, João Augusto AlvesSegundo seus proprietários, a Floresta de Seu Nico (FSN), situada no Município de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil, nunca sofreu corte raso, porém é considerada floresta primária. No entanto, o fragmento florestal sofreu impactos por extração seletiva de madeira e produtos não madeireiros, além de fragmentação e isolamento. O objetivo desse estudo foi testar se a FSN, apesar de impactos, preservou características d...
Larvicidal activity of essential oil of Peumus boldus Molina and its ascaridole...
Castro, Débora Silva Borges de; Silva, Denise Brentan da; Tibúrcio, Jacqueline Domingues; Sobral, Marcos Eduardo Guerra; Ferraz, VanyCulex quinquefasciatus (Say, 1823), known as the domestic mosquito, is a common and abundant species throughout the world, and a cosmopolitan species. The adults of this mosquito are important in terms of public and animal health since they display adaptability to different hosts. In humans, they are responsible for the transmission of various diseases. One manner of control of this vector is the use of insecti...
Extracts from the leaves of Campomanesia velutina inhibits production of LPS/IN...
Michel, Marcela Carolina de Paula; Guimarães, Andrea Grabe; Paula, Carmem Aparecida de; Rezende, Simone Aparecida; Sobral, Marcos Eduardo GuerraCampomanesia velutina (Cambess) O. Berg, Myrtaceae, popularly known as “gabiroba” or “guavira”, is used in traditional Brazilian medicine to treat several diseases, including inflammation and rheumatism. Extraction and isolation from leaves of the plant afforded the active compound myricetin 3-O-rhamnoside, also known as myricitrin. The ethanolic extract of leaves of C. velutina and its ethyl acetate and methan...