The number of threatened plants in the Philippines continues to rise due emerging threats such as rapid growth population, increased rate land conversion, introduction invasive alien species, climate change and, illegal trade wildlife. Sustainable conservation programs for Philippine that will promote participation ordinary citizens through establishment home gardens and collaboration among res...

Finding ways of efficiently monitoring threatened species can be critical to effective conservation. The global proliferation community science (also called citizen science) programs, like iNaturalist, presents a potential alternative or complement conventional monitoring. Using case study ~700,000 observations >10,000 IUCN Red List Threatened within iNaturalist observations, we illustrate the ...

Cuvier’s gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) and aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) are listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN red list, any population should be subject of scientific attention. Both ungulates were monitored for a year Nador Mountains (western Algeria). This is first record this part Tiaret province. species partly sympatric. However, was sighted only small numbers roughest valleys north. The larger...

Red Lists of threatened species play a critical role in conservation science and practice. However, policy-making based on Red Lists ignores ecological and evolutionary consequences of losing biodiversity because these lists focus on species alone. To decide if relying on Red Lists alone can help to conserve communities' functional (FD) and phylogenetic (PD) diversity, it is useful to evaluate ...

A critical revision of charophytes collected in Slovakia from 1887 up to present, based on herbaria specimens, provided us with the opportunity compile an updated checklist and revaluate their threat status order obtain current red list Slovakia. The data obtained will fill gap knowledge about these macroscopic algae Central Europe. revised includes 19 representatives three genera: Chara (11), ...

Begonia bangsamoro, a new Philippine species from the section Petermannia is described and illustrated. The was discovered in fragmented riparian forest of Lanao del Sur, along Ginapukan river Wao, Mindanao island, Philippines. previous collections also revealed that it occurs nearby province Bukidnon. bangsamoro distinguished other by its lacerate leaf margins, terminal inflorescences, 4-tepal...

Begonia shenzhenensis D.K.Tian & X.Yun Wang, sp. nov. , a new species in sect. Platycentrum of Begoniaceae from Shenzhen Guangdong province, China, is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it primarily similar to B. coelocentroides the same section but differs by its denser hairs on leaf, petiole, pedicel, abtuse anther apex, hairy ovary, narrower adaxial fruit wing. Based only on...

Atalahy, A.M., F. Rakotonasolo, M. Rabarimanarivo, H.L.T. Ranarijaona & S.G. Razafimandimbison (2021). New species of the genus Pyrostria (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae) from Madagascar. Candollea 76: 1–12. In French, English and French abstracts.In course a taxonomic revision Comm. ex Juss. in Madagascar, we describe five new endemic Island: ambohitantelensis Rakotonas. Razafim., ambrensis betsomange...