This species is usually known as: |
Nepsera aquatic |
This species has also been known as: |
Aciotis aquatica, Homonoma aridum, Melastoma aquaticum, Rhexia aquatica, Spennera aquatica, Spennera hydrophila |
Common names: |
Altea |
Trends (five
databases) 1901-2013:
[Number
of papers mentioning Nepsera aquatica: 10]
|
Popularity of Nepsera aquatica over time
[Left-hand
Plot: Plot of numbers of papers mentioning Nepsera aquatica (histogram and left
hand axis scale of left-hand plot) and line of best fit, 1901 to 2013 (equation
and % variation accounted for in box); Right-hand Plot: Plot of a
proportional micro index, derived from numbers of papers mentioning Nepsera
aquatica
as a proportion (scaled by multiplying by one million) of the approximate total
number of papers available in databases for that year (frequency polygon and
left-hand axis scale of right-hand plot) and line of best fit, 1901 to 2013
(equation and % variation accounted for in box)]
Keywords
[Total number of keywords included in the papers that mentioned this species: 18]
Amazon (1), Campinarana (1), capsular fruit (1), Child health (1), Endozoochory (1), Ethnopharmacology (1), Frugivory (1), Herbal bath (1), Maroon (1), Microlicieae (1), niche conservatism (1), Osbeckieae (1), Rhexieae (1), Saramaccan (1), Seed dispersal (1), Suriname (1), Tibouchina. (1), Traditional medicine (1)
Most likely scope for
crop use/product (%):
[Please
note: When there are only a few papers mentioning a species, care should be
taken with the interpretation of these crop use/product results; as well, a
mention may relate to the use of a species, or the context in which it grows,
rather than a product]
breeding (72.57), medicinal (5.93), beverage (5.90), fruit (4.71), timber (1.48), poison (1.17), weed (0.89), ornamental (0.75), starch (0.53), cereal (0.38)…..
Recent mentions of
this species in the literature:
[since 2012, with links to abstracts; The references from 1901-2013 which have
been used for the trend, keyword and crop use/product analyses below, are
listed below these references]
Rocha MJR, Batista JAN, Guimarães PJF and Michelangeli FA (2016) Phylogenetic relationships in the Marcetia alliance (Melastomeae, Melastomataceae) and implications for generic circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181, 585-609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12429
Michelangeli FA, Guimaraes PJF, Penneys DS, Almeda F and Kriebel R (2013) Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of New World Melastomeae (Melastomataceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171, 38-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01295.x
Barcelos AR, Bobrowiec PED, Sanaiotti TM and Gribel R (2012) Seed germination from lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) fecal samples collected during the dry season in the northern Brazilian Amazon. Integrative Zoology, no-no. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12003
dos Santos APM, Fracasso CM, Luciene dos Santos M, Romero R, Sazima M and Oliveira PE (2012) Reproductive biology and species geographical distribution in the Melastomataceae: a survey based on New World taxa. Ann. Bot. 110, 667-679. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/110/3/667
Michelangeli FA, Guimaraes PJF, Penneys DS, Almeda F and Kriebel R (2012) Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of New World Melastomeae (Melastomataceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01295.x
References 1901-2013 (and
links to abstracts):
[Number
of papers mentioning Nepsera aquatica: 10; Any undated papers have been
included at the end]
Barcelos AR, Bobrowiec PED, Sanaiotti TM and Gribel R (2012) Seed germination from lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) fecal samples collected during the dry season in the northern Brazilian Amazon. Integrative Zoology, no-no. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12003
dos Santos APM, Fracasso CM, Luciene dos Santos M, Romero R, Sazima M and Oliveira PE (2012) Reproductive biology and species geographical distribution in the Melastomataceae: a survey based on New World taxa. Ann. Bot. 110, 667-679. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/110/3/667
Michelangeli FA, Guimaraes PJF, Penneys DS, Almeda F and Kriebel R (2012) Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of New World Melastomeae (Melastomataceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01295.x
Ruysschaert S, van Andel T, Van de Putte K and Van Damme P (2009) Bathe the baby to make it strong and healthy: Plant use and child care among Saramaccan Maroons in Suriname. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 121, 148-170. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874108005734
Renner SS (2004) Multiple Miocene Melastomataceae dispersal between Madagascar, Africa and India. Phil Trans R Soc B 359, 1485-1494. http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/content/abstract/359/1450/1485
Jansen S, Watanabe T and Smets E (2002) Aluminium Accumulation in Leaves of 127 Species in Melastomataceae, with Comments on the Order Myrtales. Ann. Bot. 90, 53-64. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/1/53
(1998) TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY. Ecological Rest. 16, 105-. http://er.uwpress.org
Baskin CC and Baskin JM (1998) Chapter 9 - A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Tropical and Subtropical Zones. In ‘Seeds’ (Ed.^(Eds pp. 239-329. (Academic Press: San Diego). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780120802609500099
Elizabeth G (1998) Seed characteristics of plant species from riverine wetlands in Venezuela. Aquatic Botany 60, 417-431. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377097000570
J.B L (1968) The distribution and potential taxonomic value of alkylated ellagic acids. Phytochemistry 7, 1803-1813. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031942200866522
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