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Molecular and morphological analysis of subfamily Alooideae (Asphodelaceae) and the inclusion of Chortolirion in Aloe
(Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, 2013)
Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae (Asparagales) currently comprises five genera, four of which are endemic to southern Africa. Despite their importance in commercial horticulture the evolutionary relationships among the ...
A global infrageneric classification system for the genus Crotalaria (Leguminosae) based on molecular and morphological evidence
(Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, 2013)
Crotalaria is a large genus of 702 species with its centre of diversity in tropical Africa and Madagascar and secondary radiations in other parts of the world. The current infrageneric classification system is based on ...
Lasiosiphon rigidus, a new species from the Tankwa Karoo and two new combinations in the genus for South Africa
(MDPI, 2013)
Thymelaeaceae are well represented in southern
Africa, with ± 190 species in nine genera (Bredenkamp
& Beyers 2000; Beaumont et al. 2009). Preliminary
phylogenetic analyses of nuclear and plastid DNA
sequences (Van der ...
Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
Previous phylogenetic studies have indicated that Acacia Miller s.l. is polyphyletic and in need of reclassification.
A proposal to conserve the name Acacia for the larger Australian contingent of the genus (formerly ...
First report of Sporolithon ptychoides (Sporolithales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) for the Atlantic Ocean
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
Samples corresponding to Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich were collected in
the mesophotic zone (50 m depth) south of Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The
collected material presented features characteristic of the species ...
Will climate warming exceed lethal photosynthetic temperature thresholds of lichens in a southern African arid region?
(Wiley, 2013)
Predicted elevated temperatures and a shift from a winter to summer rainfall pattern associated with global warming could result in the exposure of hydrated lichens during summer to more numerous temperature extremes that ...
Chromista
(Wiley Online, 2011)
The concept of chromists, at its most expansive, includes the heterokonts (stramenopiles), alveolates, rhizarians, heliozoans, telonemians, haptophytes and cryptophytes. There is mounting evidence that this grouping is not ...
Life at the margins of the continents: an examination of the intertidal marine life of the south Western Cape
(Field Guides Association of Southern Africa, 2010)
Imagine surviving in an environment that is neither truly marine nor truly terrestrial. That area just beyond the low-water mark of neap tides along the seashore is an example of just such an environment. The organisms ...
Phylogenetic placement and generic re-circumscriptions of the multilocular genera Arenifera, Octopoma and Schlechteranthus (Aizoaceae: Ruschieae): Evidence from anatomical, morphological and plastid DNA data
(International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT), 2016)
"Ruschieae is the largest tribe in the highly speciose subfamily Ruschioideae (Aizoaceae). A generic-level phylogeny for
the tribe was recently produced, providing new insights into relationships between the taxa. Octopoma ...
Biodiversity: so much more than legs and leaves
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Microorganisms inhabit virtually every possible niche on Earth, including those at the outer envelope of survival. However, the focus of most conservation authorities and ecologists is the ‘legs and leaves’ side of biology ...