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The Flora of Australia Online database (derived from the hardcopy volumes) is no longer being updated (last entries c. 2014). PDFs are also available for some volumes, with the intention that all ...
Fossil sites in Australia hold pollen and spores from the dinosaur age, when the island straddled the Antarctic Circle. Now, scientists have re-created the habitat of "polar dinosaurs," using these ...
The Flora of Ecuador project has published taxonomic treatments of vascular plants occurring in mainland Ecuador, based on original research since 1973. The Flora of Ecuador project publishes ...
The extractive exploitation of the tree fern Alsophila setosa Kaulf. alters forest formations and diminishes the availability of micro-habitat for epiphytes. A survey of epiphytic fern communities on ...
With 13,634 plant species, the tropical island of New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world. Remarkably, 68% of New Guinea’s plant species are endemic, meaning they’re found ...
The floristic diversity is dominated by higher plants and only five species belonging to the families Aspleniaceae, Cyatheaceae, Equisetaceae, Polypodiaceae and Selaginellaceae were reported belonging ...
The island of New Guinea is a tree fern hotspot with 120 species from the tree fern families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae; over two thirds of these species are endemic to New Guinea and the ...
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