Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, forming important associations with plants in evolution, have attracted much attention from scientists. Species of the genus Strobilomyces, known as "Old Men of the Woods", can form ECM symbioses selectively with plants of many families, e.g. Dipterocarpaceae, Fabaceae, Casuarinaceae, Myrtaceae, Pinaceae and Fagaceae in both tropical and temperate regions. Mushrooms...
The former “Eastern Asiatic region” to be an independent floristic Kingdom, the “East Asiatic Floristic Kingdom”. It is significant to the definition of the Floristic regions of the world. However, there are still some questions need to be discussed.
The Ward Line–Mekong-Salween Divide (MSD) is a classic geographical barrier forwardeby Francis Kingdon-Ward in 1921. In recent years, several studies have suggested that the MSD was the main driver leading to the contemporary diversity and population differentiation of vertebrates and plants, such as Sinopodophyllum hexandrum and Taxus wallichiana located in forests or alpine meadows.
A study published today in Scientific Reports reveals that improved agricultural practices could secure a triple win for food security, ecological resilience and climate change – including removing over a billion tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere per year.
A new species of blue Entoloma mushroom was recently discovered by the research group of Prof. XU Jianchu from Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIB/CAS) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
The evolution of ferns has resulted in some quite diversified groups, for more than two hundred years, taxonomists have aimed at recognizing natural groups in ferns at different taxonomic levels. The advent of phylogenetic analysis based on molecular sequence information has radically revolutionized our understanding of fern evolution.
Around 1% of flowering plants are parasites. Some of these parasites can survive without host plants while others cannot. The former are called facultative parasites and the latter obligate parasites.
The subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests (EBLFs), ranging in occurrence from c. 23° N to 39° N and 97° E to 141° E, are amongst the most characteristic biomes in East Asia and are common in South China. They contribute fundamentally to both the biodiversity function and ecosystem services of the East Asiatic floristic kingdom.
Paleotropical woody bamboos (PWB) belongs to the tribe Bambuseae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), consists of 48 genera and ca. 407 species with a wide distribution in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa and Oceania. They are rich in species and diverse in morphology: Some genera are climbing or twining in the tropical forests, such as Dinochloa and Melocalamus, others bear pear-like fruits ...
