Flowers of Anchusa strigosa Lab. (Boraginaceae) used traditionally in Iraq for curing many kinds of diseases including diabetes. The present study was carried out to evaluate the antidiabetic activity of aqueous extract of flowers of A. strigosa in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. The aqueous extract of A. strigosa flowers was administered orally (250 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg) to diabetic rats fo...

The research area in this study is Davda Mountain and its surroundings, located between Karaman the volcanic Karadağ Mountain. Throughout visits during vegetation periods 2013 2019 years, 332 taxa were identified belonging to 44 families 202 genera. Fifty (15.4%) are endemic among plants. order of phytogeographic region elements Iran-Turanian 70 (21.1%), Mediterranean 34 (10.2%) Euro-Siberian 4...

Celonites ivanovi sp. nov. is described as a new species from Dagestan where it has been recorded dry habitats in small area on the northern side of Greater Caucasus. cagrii Erzurum Province east Turkey. As other members C. cyprius -group, females both were observed to visit flowers Heliotropium (Boraginaceae). A morphological examination including male genitalia all -group revealed that and sh...

The population phenology of the cassidines, Coptocycla arcuata and Omaspides trichroa, and the chrysomeline, Platyphora axillaris, was studied at Serra dos Órgãos National Park, State of Rio de Janeiro, southeast Brazil. Monthly surveys of larvae and adults were conducted between 2008 and 2011 at approximately 1000 m altitude on their respective host plants, Cordia polycephala (Boraginaceae), I...

Models of global climate change predict an increase in the frequency of major droughts, yet we know little about the consequences of drought for the demography of natural populations. This study examined a population of the semi-desert perennial Cryptantha flava (Boraginaceae) to determine how plants of different developmental stages respond to drought through changes in leaf gas exchange, leaf...

The presence of usually single, elongated, compound crystalloids in nuclei of sieve elements is an outstanding characteristic of the phloem of Amsinckia douglasiana A. DC. (Boraginaceae). The crystalloid consists of two components forming alternating panels, or blocks, that extend through the entire length of the crystalloid and radiate from the centre where one of the components predominates. ...