A synopsis of Plazia Ruiz & Pav. (Onoserideae, Asteraceae) is presented, including the description of a new species, Plazia robinsonii M.O.Dillon & Sagást., from a locality c. 20 kms west of Huamachuco, Department of La Libertad in northern Peru. It most closely resembles Plazia conferta Ruiz & Pav., a narrow endemic from central Peru some 450 km to the south; however, the latter species has la...

(2811) Mollugo triphylla Burm. f., Fl. Ind.: 32. 1 Mar–6 Apr 1768 [Angiosp.: Mollugin.], nom. utique rej. prop. Lectotypus (hic designatus): India, [Coromandel: Nagapattinam], Outgaarden (G-PREL barcode G00808164). Gisekia L. is a small genus of its own family Gisekiaceae Nakai (Caryophyllales), which distributed mostly in Africa with extensions to West Asia. The number accepted species the var...

J. L. Alonso,1,2 A. Cruz,1,2 L. A. Fernández,3,2 S. Jiménez,1,2 V. Martín-Mayor,3,2 J. J. Ruiz-Lorenzo,4,2 and A. Tarancón1,2 1Departamento de Física Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain 2Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Zaragoza, Spain 3Departamento de Física Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutens...

We thank Dr Parra-Ruiz for his interest in our article [1]. He disagrees with our conclusion [2] and suggests that vancomycin should no longer be regarded as first line therapy except for non-critically illpatients, infectedwithasusceptible (minimum inhibitory concentration ≤1 mg/mL) methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolate and in whom vancomycin and renal function can be closely monitore...