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Osmoxylon Mariannense (No Common Name) 5-Year Review Summary
Osmoxylon mariannense (No common name) 5-Year Review Summary and Evaluation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office Honolulu, Hawaii 5-YEAR REVIEW Species reviewed: Osmoxylon mariannense (No common name) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................... 3 1.1 Reviewers ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Methodology used to complete the review: ................................................................. 3 1.3 Background: .................................................................................................................. 3 2.0 REVIEW ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Application of the 1996 Distinct Population Segment (DPS) policy ......................... 5 2.2 Recovery Criteria .......................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Updated Information and Current Species Status .................................................... 7 2.4 Synthesis....................................................................................................................... 11 3.0 RESULTS ......................................................................................................................... 13 3.1 Recommended Classification: ................................................................................... -
Araliaceae.Pdf
ARALIACEAE 五加科 wu jia ke Xiang Qibai (向其柏 Shang Chih-bei)1; Porter P. Lowry II2 Trees or shrubs, sometimes woody vines with aerial roots, rarely perennial herbs, hermaphroditic, andromonoecious or dioecious, often with stellate indumentum or more rarely simple trichomes or bristles, with or without prickles, secretory canals pres- ent in most parts. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite (never in Chinese taxa), simple and often palmately lobed, palmately compound, or 1–3-pinnately compound, usually crowded toward apices of branches, base of petiole often broad and sheathing stem, stipules absent or forming a ligule or membranous border of petiole. Inflorescence terminal or pseudo-lateral (by delayed development), um- bellate, compound-umbellate, racemose, racemose-umbellate, or racemose-paniculate, ultimate units usually umbels or heads, occa- sionally racemes or spikes, flowers rarely solitary; bracts usually present, often caducous, rarely foliaceous. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic. Pedicels often jointed below ovary and forming an articulation. Calyx absent or forming a low rim, some- times undulate or with short teeth. Corolla of (3–)5(–20) petals, free or rarely united, mostly valvate, sometimes imbricate. Stamens usually as many as and alternate with petals, sometimes numerous, distinct, inserted at edge of disk; anthers versatile, introrse, 2- celled (or 4-celled in some non-Chinese taxa), longitudinally dehiscent. Disk epigynous, often fleshy, slightly depressed to rounded or conic, sometimes confluent with styles. Ovary inferior (rarely secondarily superior in some non-Chinese taxa), (1 or)2–10(to many)-carpellate; carpels united, with as many locules; ovules pendulous, 2 per locule, 1 abortive; styles as many as carpels, free or partially united, erect or recurved, or fully united to form a column; stigmas terminal or decurrent on inner face of styles, or sessile on disk, circular to elliptic and radiating. -
A Revision of the Genus Osmoxylon (Araliaceae) in Palau, Including Two New Species
A peer-reviewed open-access journal PhytoKeys A58: revision 49–64 (2016) of the genus Osmoxylon (Araliaceae) in Palau, including two new species 49 doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.58.5292 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://phytokeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A revision of the genus Osmoxylon (Araliaceae) in Palau, including two new species Craig M. Costion1, Gregory M. Plunkett2 1 Botany Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Wa- shington DC 20013-7012 2 Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics, New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA Corresponding author: Craig M. Costion ([email protected]) Academic editor: Mark Watson | Received 12 May 2015 | Accepted 10 November 2015 | Published 12 January 2016 Citation: Costion CM, Plunkett GM (2016) A revision of the genus Osmoxylon (Araliaceae) in Palau, including two new species. PhytoKeys 58: 49–64. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.58.5292 Abstract Osmoxylon Miq. (Araliaceae) is revised for Palau, Micronesia including descriptions of two new taxa Os- moxylon leidichii Costion, sp. nov. and Osmoxylon ngardokense Costion, sp. nov. Full descriptions are provided for all four Palau species, along with diagnostic field keys. Keywords Pacific Islands, taxonomy, Asteriids, Apiales Introduction Osmoxylon Miq. (Araliaceae) is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs from southeastern Asia and the western Pacific (Philipson 1979; Frodin and Govaerts 2003). All of the 60 currently recognized species are characterized by large umbelliform panicles composed of several to many three-branched inflorescence units. Each inflorescence unit terminates in a stalked head or umbellule that develops sterile baccate “pseudo-fruits” and two lateral stalked heads or umbellules with fertile bisexual flowers and fruits. -
Screening of Medicinal Plants from Taman Herba Perlis for Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activity
Screening of Medicinal Plants from Taman Herba Perlis for Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activity Norhafizoh Abdul Somat1,2, Che Puteh Osman1,2*, Nor Hadiani Ismail1, Zaini Yusoff3, Yuswanie Md Yusof3 1 Atta-ur-Rahman Institute for Natural Products Discovery, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Puncak Alam, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 2Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 3Faculty of Applied Sciences, University Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Perlis, Kampus Arau, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia Corresponding author: *[email protected] Received: 24 January 2019 Accepted: 18 April 2019 Published: 30 June 2019 ABSTRACT In a search for new potential AChE inhibitors, 31 selected medicinal plants from Perlis were collected gathered, air dried and successively extracted using hexane, dichloromethane, and alcohol. The dichloromethane and alcoholic extracts were screened for AChE inhibitory activity using Ellman's method. Out of 31 plant species, the methanol extracts of Rhapis excelsa leaves (97.03 ± 3.71 %), Diospyros blancoi leaves (95.80 ± 1.57 %) and Phyllantus elegans root (83.22 ± 3.08 %) showed the highest AChE inhibitory activity at the concentration of 100 µg/mL. Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholine, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, medicinal plants Science Letters INTRODUCTION Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an enzyme which is responsible for the termination of nerve impulse transmission by rapidly hydrolyzing neurotransmitter, -
Curriculum Vitae
Updated July 15, 2021 Curriculum Vitae GREGORY M. PLUNKETT ADDRESS: New York Botanical Garden Phone: (718) 817-8179 2900 Southern Blvd. FAX: (718) 817-8101 Bronx, NY 10458-5126 e-mail: [email protected] BIRTH DATE: February 21, 1965. Bayonne, New Jersey, USA EDUCATION: Ph.D. (Botany), Washington State University (D.E. Soltis, advisor). 1994. M.A. (Biology), The College of William and Mary in Virginia (G.W. Hall, advisor). 1990. B.S. (Biology), The College of William and Mary in Virginia. 1987. CURRENT POSITION: Director & Curator, Program for Molecular Systematics, New York Botanical Garden. PAST FACULTY POSITIONS Professor of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2008–2009. Associate Professor of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2002–2008. Assistant Professor of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University. 1996–2002. CURRENT AFFILIATED POSITIONS: Affiliate Professor of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2009–present. Adjunct Professor of Plant Sciences, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. 2009–present. Adjunct Faculty, Fordham University. 2014–present. Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 2002–present. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Curator, Herbarium of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). 1996–2009. Graduate Faculty, Molecular Biology and Genetics Program, VCU. 1998–2009. Fellow, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, VCU. 2002–2009. Visiting Curator/Professeur, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 2004, 2005. Visiting Scientist, University of the South Pacific, -
Terra Australis 30
terra australis 30 Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia — lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present. Since the beginning of the series, the basic colour on the spine and cover has distinguished the regional distribution of topics as follows: ochre for Australia, green for New Guinea, red for South-East Asia and blue for the Pacific Islands. From 2001, issues with a gold spine will include conference proceedings, edited papers and monographs which in topic or desired format do not fit easily within the original arrangements. All volumes are numbered within the same series. List of volumes in Terra Australis Volume 1: Burrill Lake and Currarong: Coastal Sites in Southern New South Wales. R.J. Lampert (1971) Volume 2: Ol Tumbuna: Archaeological Excavations in the Eastern Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea. J.P. White (1972) Volume 3: New Guinea Stone Age Trade: The Geography and Ecology of Traffic in the Interior. I. Hughes (1977) Volume 4: Recent Prehistory in Southeast Papua. B. Egloff (1979) Volume 5: The Great Kartan Mystery. R. Lampert (1981) Volume 6: Early Man in North Queensland: Art and Archaeology in the Laura Area. A. Rosenfeld, D. Horton and J. Winter (1981) Volume 7: The Alligator Rivers: Prehistory and Ecology in Western Arnhem Land. -
Southwest Guangdong, 28 April to 7 May 1998
Report of Rapid Biodiversity Assessments at Fusui Rare Animal Nature Reserve, Southwest Guangxi, China, 1998 and 2001 Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in collaboration with Guangxi Forestry Department Guangxi Institute of Botany Guangxi Normal University April 2002 South China Forest Biodiversity Survey Report Series: No. 12 (Online Simplified Version) Report of Rapid Biodiversity Assessments at Fusui Rare Animal Nature Reserve, Southwest Guangxi, China, 1998 and 2001 Editors John R. Fellowes, Michael W.N. Lau, Billy C.H. Hau, Ng Sai-Chit and Bosco P.L. Chan Contributors Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden: Bosco P.L. Chan (BC) John R. Fellowes (JRF) Billy C.H.Hau (BH) Michael W.N. Lau (ML) Lee Kwok Shing (LKS) Ng Sai-Chit (NSC) Graham T. Reels (GTR) Guangxi Institute of Botany: Wei Fanan (WFN) Zou Xiangui (ZXG) Guangxi Normal University: Lu Liren (LLR) Voluntary consultants: Geoff J. Carey (GJC) Paul J. Leader (PJL) Keith D.P. Wilson (KW) Background The present report details the findings of a trip to Southwest Guangxi by members of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) in Hong Kong and their colleagues, as part of KFBG's South China Biodiversity Conservation Programme. The overall aim of the programme is to minimise the loss of forest biodiversity in the region, and the emphasis in the first phase is on gathering up-to-date information on the distribution and status of fauna and flora. Citation Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, 2002. Report of Rapid Biodiversity Assessments at Fusui Rare Animal Nature Reserve, Southwest Guangxi, China, 1998 and 2001. South China Forest Biodiversity Survey Report Series (Online Simplified Version): No. -
English, Burmese and Thai Names for This Forest Are All Derived from the Fact That a Few Species of the Family Dipterocarpacea Dominate the Landscape
128 >> Khoe Kay Khoe Kay: Biodiversity in Peril by Karen Environmental and Social Action Network Biodiversity in Peril << 1 Khoe Kay: Biodiversity in Peril ISBN 978-974-16-6406-1 CopyrightÓ 2008 Karen Environmental and Social Action Network P.O.Box 204 Prasingha Post Office Chiang Mai Thailand 50205 email: [email protected] 1st Printing: July 2008, 1,000 Copies Layout and Cover Design by: Wanida Press, Chaingmai Thailand. 2 >> Khoe Kay Acknowledgments ESAN and the Research Team would like to thank K all of the people who assisted with this research. In particular, university and NGO experts provided significant help in identifying species. Many of the plants species were identified by Prof. J. Maxwell of Chiang Mai University. Richard Burnett of the Upland Holistic Development Project helped identify rattan species. Dr. Rattanawat Chaiyarat of Mahidol Universitys Kanchanaburi Research Station assisted with frog identification. Pictures of the fish species, including endemic and unknown species, were sent to Dr. Chavalit Witdhayanon of World Wildlife Fund - Thailand and examined by his students. Prof. Philip Round of Mahidol University identified one bird from a fuzzy picture, and John Parr, author of A Guide to the Large Mammals of Thailand, gave comments on an early draft of this report. Miss Prapaporn Pangkeaw of Southeast Asia Rivers Network also made invaluable contributions. E-Desk provided invaluable resources and encouragement. Finally, we must give our greatest thanks to the local people of Khoe Kay and Baw Ka Der villages, who shared their time, knowledge, experience and homes with us while we recorded our findings. -
Threatened Ecosystems of Myanmar
Threatened ecosystems of Myanmar An IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Assessment Nicholas J. Murray, David A. Keith, Robert Tizard, Adam Duncan, Win Thuya Htut, Nyan Hlaing, Aung Htat Oo, Kyaw Zay Ya and Hedley Grantham 2020 | Version 1.0 Threatened Ecosystems of Myanmar. An IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Assessment. Version 1.0. Murray, N.J., Keith, D.A., Tizard, R., Duncan, A., Htut, W.T., Hlaing, N., Oo, A.H., Ya, K.Z., Grantham, H. License This document is an open access publication licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non- commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors: Nicholas J. Murray University of New South Wales and James Cook University, Australia David A. Keith University of New South Wales, Australia Robert Tizard Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar Adam Duncan Wildlife Conservation Society, Canada Nyan Hlaing Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar Win Thuya Htut Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar Aung Htat Oo Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar Kyaw Zay Ya Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar Hedley Grantham Wildlife Conservation Society, Australia Citation: Murray, N.J., Keith, D.A., Tizard, R., Duncan, A., Htut, W.T., Hlaing, N., Oo, A.H., Ya, K.Z., Grantham, H. (2020) Threatened Ecosystems of Myanmar. An IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Assessment. Version 1.0. Wildlife Conservation Society. ISBN: 978-0-9903852-5-7 DOI 10.19121/2019.Report.37457 ISBN 978-0-9903852-5-7 Cover photos: © Nicholas J. Murray, Hedley Grantham, Robert Tizard Numerous experts from around the world participated in the development of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems of Myanmar. The complete list of contributors is located in Appendix 1. -
1 CV: Snow 2018
1 NEIL SNOW, PH.D. Curriculum Vitae CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor of Botany Curator, T.M. Sperry Herbarium Department of Biology, Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS 66762 620-235-4424 (phone); 620-235-4194 (fax) http://www.pittstate.edu/department/biology/faculty/neil-snow.dot ADJUNCT APPOINTMENTS Missouri Botanical Garden (Associate Researcher; 1999-present) University of Hawaii-Manoa (Affiliate Graduate Faculty; 2010-2011) Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies (2006) EDUCATION Ph.D., 1997 (Population and Evolutionary Biology); Washington University in St. Louis Dissertation: “Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptochloa P. Beauv. sensu lato (Poaceae: Chloridoideae)”. Advisor: Dr. Peter H. Raven. M.S., 1988 (Botany); University of Wyoming. Thesis: “Floristics of the Headwaters Region of the Yellowstone River, Wyoming”. Advisor: Dr. Ronald L. Hartman B.S., 1985 (Botany); Colorado State University. Advisor: Dr. Dieter H. Wilken PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2011-2013: Director and Botanist, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, Montana 2007-2011: Research Botanist, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 1998-2007: Assistant then Associate Professor of Biology and Botany, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado 2005 (sabbatical). Project Manager and Senior Ecologist, H. T. Harvey & Associates, Fresno, CA 1997-1999: Senior Botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane, Australia 1990-1997: Doctoral student, Washington University in St. Louis; Missouri Botanical Garden HERBARIUM CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE 2013-current: Director -
IX Apiales Symposium
IX Apiales Symposium Abstract Book 31 July – 2 August 2017 The Gold Coast Marina Club Guangzhou, China Compiled and edited by: Alexei Oskolski Maxim Nuraliev Patricia Tilney Introduction We are pleased to announce that the Apiales IX Symposium will be held from 31 July to 2 August 2017 at the The Gold Coast Marina Club in Guangzhou, China. This meeting will continue the series of very successful gatherings in Reading (1970), Perpignan (1977), St. Louis (1999), Pretoria (2003), Vienna (2005), Moscow (2008), Sydney (2011) and Istanbul (2014), where students of this interesting group of plants had the opportunity to share results of recent studies. As with the previous symposia, the meeting in Guangzhou will focus on all research fields relating to the systematics and phylogeny of Apiales (including morphology, anatomy, biogeography, floristics), as well as to ecology, ethnobotany, pharmaceutical and natural products research in this plant group. Organizing Commettee Chairman: Alexei Oskolski (Johannesburg – St. Petersburg) Vice-Chairman: Maxim Nuraliev (Moscow) Scientific Committee: Yousef Ajani (Tehran) Emine Akalin (Istanbul) Stephen Downie (Urbana) Murray Henwood (Sydney) Neriman Özhatay (Istanbul) Tatiana Ostroumova (Moscow) Michael Pimenov (Moscow) Gregory Plunkett (New York) Mark Schlessman (Poughkeepsie) Krzysztof Spalik (Warsaw) Patricia Tilney (Johannesburg) Ben-Erik van Wyk (Johannesburg) 2 Program of the IX Apiales Symposium 31 July 2017 Lobby of the Gold Coast Marina Club 14.00 – 18.00. Registration of participants. "Shi fu zai" room (4th floor of the Gold Coast Marina Club) 19.00 – 21.00. Welcome party 1 August 2017 Meeting room (5th floor of the Gold Coast Marina Club) Chair: Dr. Alexei Oskolski 9.00 – 9.20. -
9 Costion Plant Endemism 133-166 PROOFS
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265109793 Plant Endemism, Rarity, and Threat in Palau, Micronesia: A Geographical Checklist and Preliminary Red List Assessment Article in Micronesica · January 2009 CITATIONS READS 8 178 3 authors, including: Craig Costion Ann Kitalong Smithsonian Institution Independent Researcher 38 PUBLICATIONS 263 CITATIONS 18 PUBLICATIONS 52 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: The Environment, Inc. and Belau National Museum Herbarium View project The Environment Inc View project All content following this page was uploaded by Craig Costion on 24 November 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Micronesica 41(1): 131–164, 2009 Plant Endemism, Rarity, and Threat in Palau, Micronesia: A Geographical Checklist and Preliminary Red List Assessment 1 CRAIG M. COSTION Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5001 [email protected] ANN HILLMANN KITALONG The Environment, Inc., P.O. Box 1696, Koror, Palau 96940 TARITA HOLM Palau Conservation Society/PALARIS, P.O. Box 1811, Koror, Palau, 96940 Abstract—An official checklist of the endemic plant species of Palau has been long awaited, and is presented here for the first time. For each species a substrate limitation, growth form, and relative abundance is listed. In addition an IUCN red list assessment was conducted using all available data. For over half of the endemic species there is insufficient data to provide a red listing status however an expected minimum number of threatened plants out of the total is inferred.