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A New Heterophyllous Spermacoce Species (Rubiaceae) from the Marungu Highlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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A New Species of Hedythyrsus (Rubiaceae) with Comments on the Generic Delimitations within African Spermacoceae s. l.

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A comparative study of metal levels in leaves of some Al-accumulating Rubiaceae

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A morphological and anatomical survey of Virectaria (African Rubiaceae), with a discussion of its taxonomic position

scientific article published in 2001

A new endemic Impatiens species on Mount Gorongosa (Mozambique) demonstrates the conservation importance of montane areas in Africa

scientific article published in 2018

A new herbaceous genus endemic to Madagascar: Phialiphora (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae)

scientific article published on December 2010

Amphistemon and Thamnoldenlandia, two new genera of Rubiaceae (Spermacoceae) endemic to Madagascar

scientific article published on 25 August 2010

AustralianSpermacoce(Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). I. Northern Territory

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Bacterial leaf symbiosis in Ardisia (Myrsinoideae, Primulaceae): molecular evidence for host specificity

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Bacterial leaf symbiosis in angiosperms: host specificity without co-speciation

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Biogeographical implications of Zambezian Cichlidogyrus species (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) parasitizing Congolian cichlids

scientific article (publication date: 22 January 2013)

CARNOY: A new digital measurement tool for palynology

scholarly article by Peter Schols published in January 2002

Carajasia (Rubiaceae), a new and endangered genus from Carajás mountain range, Pará, Brazil

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Colletoecema gabonensis, a third species of an unusual African genus of Rubiaceae

scientific article published in 2011

Correction: Endophytic Bacteria in Toxic South African Plants: Identification, Phylogeny and Possible Involvement in Gousiekte.

scientific article published on 24 June 2011

Cyclotella deceusteriana, a new centric diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from the sub-Antarctic Region

scientific article published in 2018

Cyclotide discovery in Gentianales revisited--identification and characterization of cyclic cystine-knot peptides and their phylogenetic distribution in Rubiaceae plants

scientific article published on September 2013

Deux nouvelles espèces paléo-endémiques de Pauridiantha (Rubiaceae) des Monts Udzungwa (sud de la Tanzanie)

scientific article published in 2003

Dispersing towards Madagascar: Biogeography and evolution of the Madagascan endemics of the Spermacoceae tribe (Rubiaceae).

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Distribution and evolution of circular miniproteins in flowering plants

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Distribution of the cardiotoxin pavettamine in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) and its significance for gousiekte, a fatal poisoning of ruminants.

scientific article published on 7 March 2013

Elaborate petals in Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae) species: morphology, ontogeny and function

scientific article published on 7 October 2006

Endophytic bacteria in toxic South African plants: identification, phylogeny and possible involvement in gousiekte

scientific article published in 2011

Endosymbiont transmission mode in bacterial leaf nodulation as revealed by a population genetic study of Psychotria leptophylla

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between obligate leaf nodule symbionts

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Evolution of woody life form on tropical mountains in the tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae)

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Evolutionary history of the Afro-Madagascan Ixora species (Rubiaceae): species diversification and distribution of key morphological traits inferred from dated molecular phylogenetic trees

scientific article (publication date: December 2013)

Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa

scientific article (publication date: 7 March 2017)

FOUR NEW PAURIDIANTHA SPECIES (RUBIACEAE) REFLECT THE RICHNESS OF GABON'S RAINFORESTS

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Festschrift volume dedicated to Timothy Motley (1966–2013) (Table of contents)

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Festschrift volume dedicated to Timothy Motley (1966–2013) (Title & copyright page)

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Floral ontogeny of the Afro-Madagascan genus Mitrasacmopsis with comments on the development of superior ovaries in Rubiaceae

scientific article published on 8 June 2007

Geophila erythrocarpa (Rubiaceae), a new species from D.R. congo and Zambia

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Gomphocalyx and Phylohydrax (Rubiaceae): Sister Taxa Excluded from Spermacoceae s.s., Featuring a Remarkable Case of Convergent Evolution

scientific article (publication date: February 2005)

Hekistocarpa (Rubiaceae): a member of an emended tribe Virectarieae

scientific article published in 2001

How Mass Digitization is changing Herbarium Collection Management at the Botanic Garden Meise (BR) – Teaching old dogs new tricks!

scientific article published in 2017

Identification of the bacterial endosymbionts in leaf nodules of Pavetta (Rubiaceae).

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Identification, origin, and evolution of leaf nodulating symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae).

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Impatiens msisimwanensis (Balsaminaceae): Description, pollen morphology and phylogenetic position of a new East African species

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Impatiens smetsiana, another example of convergent evolution of flower morphology in Impatiens

scientific article published in 2022

Insights into the morphology and evolution of orbicules in the <i>Spermacoce</i> clade (Spermacoceae-Rubiaceae) and implications for systematics

scientific article published in 2023

Intraspecific variation in Burkholderia caledonica: Europe vs. Africa and soil vs. endophytic isolates

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Launch of the European Journal of Taxonomy (EJT)

scientific article published on 9 September 2011

Mine versus Wild: a plant conservation checklist of the rich Iron-Ore Ngovayang Massif Area (South Cameroon)

scientific article published in 2019

Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma

scientific article published on October 2010

Molecular‐based phylogenetic placement and revision of Micrasepalum ( Spermacoceae‐Rubiaceae )

scholarly article published in 2021

Morphological and molecular data confirm the transfer of homostylous species in the typically distylous genus Galianthe (Rubiaceae), and the description of the new species Galianthe vasquezii from Peru and Colombia

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Multi-loci phylogeny and morphological evidence support the recognition of Januaria (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), a new monospecific genus endemic to the North of Minas Gerais (Brazil)

scientific article published in 2023

Multiple sources of evidence unravel a complex taxonomic history: the new genus Leonoria of the Spermacoce clade (Spermacoceae-Rubiaceae)

article published in 2024

NOVITATES GABONENSES 80. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE FLORA OF GABON

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Paganuccia icatuensis (Rubiaceae), a new genus and species from Bahia, Brazil, with a key to all the genera of the tribe Spermacoceae in the Americas

scholarly article published in 2021

Palynological Characters and Their Phylogenetic Signal in Rubiaceae

scholarly article by Steven Dessein et al published September 2005 in The Botanical Review

Palynological variation in balsaminoid ericales. I. Marcgraviaceae

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Phylogenetic lineages in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) associated with Burkholderia bacteria in sub-Saharan Africa

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Phylogenetics of tribe Sabiceeae (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) revisited, with a new subgeneric classification for Sabicea

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its Relationships with Allied Genera Based on Plastid DNA Data: Resurrection of the Genus Empogona1

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Phylogeny of the Herbaceous Tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) Based on Plastid DNA Data1

scholarly article by Inge Groeninckx et al published 23 March 2009 in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Pollen and Seeds Reveal That Spermacoce thymoidea s.l. (African Rubiaceae, Spermacoceae) Represents Three Endemic or Disjunct Species from the Zambezian High Plateaus

scientific article published in 2003

Pollen morphological survey of Pentas (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae) and its closest allies

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Pollen morphology of NW European representatives confirms monophyly of Rubieae (Rubiaceae)

Pollen of African Spermacoce species (Rubiaceae) Morphology and evolutionary aspects

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Pollen of the Spermacoce (Rubiaceae) species from the Northern Territory of Australia: morphology and taxonomic significance

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Portrayal of Impatiens nzabiana (Balsaminaceae): a Morphological, Molecular and Biogeographic Study of a New Gabonese Species

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RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions

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Reconciling biodiversity and carbon stock conservation in an Afrotropical forest landscape.

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Rediscovery of Malagasy Lathraeocarpa Allows Determination of Its Taxonomic Position within Rubiaceae

scientific article published on February 2009

RÉVISION DE PAURIDIANTHA PAUCINERVIS (RUBIACEAE, PAURIDIANTHEAE) ET DES ESPÈCES VOISINES

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Screening for leaf-associated endophytes in the genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae).

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Searching for the taxonomic position of the African genus Colletoecema (Rubiaceae): morphology and anatomy compared to an rps16-intron analysis of the Rubioideae

scientific article published in 2000

Symbiotic ß-proteobacteria beyond legumes: Burkholderia in Rubiaceae

scientific article published in 2013

Synopsis of Hexasepalum (Rubiaceae), the Priority Name for Diodella and a New Species from Brazil

scientific article published in June 2016

Synopsis of the genusMitriostigma(Rubiaceae) with a new monocaulous species from south Cameroon

scholarly article by Bonaventure Sonké et al published August 2009 in Nordic Journal of Botany

Taxonomic revision of Sabicea subgenus Anisophyllae (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) from Tropical Africa, with four new species

scientific article (publication date: February 2017)

Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Cuviera (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae) and reinstatement of Globulostylis with the description of three new species

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations

scientific article (publication date: 5 May 2015)

The evolution of aluminium accumulation in angiosperms

scholarly article published 2004

The genome analysis of Candidatus Burkholderia crenata reveals that secondary metabolism may be a key function of the Ardisia crenata leaf nodule symbiosis.

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

The monotypic Brazilian genus Diacrodon is a synonym of Borreria (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae): morphological and molecular evidences

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

The phylogenetic utility of chloroplast and nuclear DNA markers and the phylogeny of the Rubiaceae tribe Spermacoceae

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Towards a new classification of the Arthoniales (Ascomycota) based on a three-gene phylogeny focussing on the genus Opegrapha

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Two new Sabicea (Rubiaceae) species from West Central Africa: Sabicea bullata and Sabicea urniformis

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Two new species of Phialiphora (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) exemplify drought adaptations in western Madagascar

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Woodiness within the Spermacoceae-Knoxieae alliance (Rubiaceae): retention of the basal woody condition in Rubiaceae or recent innovation?

scientific article published on 11 March 2009