Native to Argentina and Brazil, the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is an invasive species that has become established on six continents and many oceanic islands. In several parts of its introduced range, including the western United States, southern Europe and Chile, the Argentine ant is unicolonial, forming extensive supercolonies. We examined population genetic structure and intercolony a...

A taxonomic treatment of the genera included in Catapyrenium s. lat. in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands is provided, based on study of c. 2000 specimens from both herbaria and fresh material collected by the authors from 2005 to 2009 in numerous localities. A total of 33 species belonging to six of the eight genera included in Catapyrenium s. lat. are present in the region, which...

Yaban otu olarak bilinen Heracleum türleri, geleneksel gıda katkı maddesi, baharat ve tatlandırıcı kullanılmaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra, etnobotanik özellikleri olduğu da bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, endemik pastinacifolium’un farklı çözücülerle (etanol, metanol etil asetat) elde edilen özütlerinin toplam fenolik flavonoid içeriği ile antioksidan antimikrobiyal aktiviteleri spektrofotometrik yönte...

The fruits of Heracleum aquilegifolium Wight (Apiaceae) were collected from Western Ghats of the Indian Peninsula. The essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation. The chemical composition of the essential oils was analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Beta-Pinene (22.3%), 1,8-cineole (20.3%), and beta-phellandrene (12.4%) were the main componen...

Accurate identification of the plant species that are present in herbal medicines is important for quality control. Although the dried roots of Aralia continentalis (Araliae Continentalis Radix) and Angelica biserrata (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix) are used in the same traditional medicine, namely Dok-Hwal in Korean and Du-Huo in Chinese, the medicines are described differently in the national p...