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Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots by Forest, F, Grenyer, R, Rouget, M, Davies, T.J, Cowling, R.M, Faith, D.P, Balmford, A, Manning, J.C, Procheş, Ş, van der Bank, M

“…One of the biggest challenges for conservation biology is to provide conservation planners with ways to prioritize effort. Much attention has been focused on…”
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Did Pollination Shifts Drive Diversification in Southern African Gladiolus? Evaluating the Model of Pollinator-Driven Speciation by Valente, Luis M., Manning, John C., Goldblatt, Peter, Vargas, Pablo

“…The pollinator-driven ecological speciation model has frequently been invoked to explain plant richness in biodiversity hotspots. Here, by focusing on…”
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New synonyms and combinations in Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae) in southern Africa by Manning, John C

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora necessitate periodic nomenclatural adjustments and corrections.Objectives: To effect requisite…”
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A new name in southern African Justicia L. (Acanthaceae) by Manning, John C

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora necessitate periodic nomenclatural adjustments and corrections.Objectives: The objective of this…”
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Massonia villosa (Hyacinthaceae), a new species from the Roggeveld, Northern Cape, South Africa by Manning, John C

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora periodically reveal the existence of undescribed species.Objectives: To describe the new…”
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Contrasting biogeographic and diversification patterns in two Mediterranean-type ecosystems by Buerki, Sven, Jose, Sarah, Yadav, Shrirang R, Goldblatt, Peter, Manning, John C, Forest, Félix

“…The five Mediterranean regions of the world comprise almost 50,000 plant species (ca 20% of the known vascular plants) despite accounting for less than 5% of…”
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The allometry of proboscis length in Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidae) and an estimate of their foraging distance using museum collections by Melin, Annalie, Krenn, Harald W, Bowie, Rauri C K, Beale, Colin M, Manning, John C, Colville, Jonathan F

“…An appreciation of body size allometry is central for understanding insect pollination ecology. A recent model utilises allometric coefficients for five of the…”
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Phylogenetically Independent Associations between Autonomous Self‐Fertilization and Plant Invasiveness by van Kleunen, Mark, Manning, John C., Pasqualetto, Vanessa, Johnson, Steven D.

“…Many plant species have been introduced from their native ranges to new continents, but few have become naturalized or, ultimately, invasive. It has been…”
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Pollinator shifts as triggers of speciation in painted petal irises (Lapeirousia: Iridaceae) by Forest, Félix, Goldblatt, Peter, Manning, John C, Baker, David, Colville, Jonathan F, Devey, Dion S, Jose, Sarah, Kaye, Maria, Buerki, Sven

“…Background and AimsAdaptation to different pollinators has been hypothesized as one of the main factors promoting the formation of new species in the Cape…”
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Iridaceae ‘Out of Australasia’? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences by Goldblatt, Peter, Rodriguez, Aaron, Powell, M. P, Davies, T. Jonathan, Manning, John C, van der Bank, M, Savolainen, Vincent

“…The current infrafamilial taxonomy of the Iridaceae recognizes four subfamilies; Isophysidoideae (1: 1); Nivenioideae (6: ca. 92), Iridoideae (29: 890), and…”
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Additional new combinations in Sesamum L. (Pedaliaceae: Sesameae) by Manning, John C., Magee, Anthony R.

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora necessitate periodic nomenclatural adjustments and corrections. Objectives: To effect requisite…”
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Lithospermum sylvestre (Boraginaceae) : a new species from the Baviaanskloof, Eastern Cape, South Africa by Cohen, James I, Manning, John C, Euston-Brown, Doug

“…Background: Recent field work in the Baviaanskloof, Eastern Cape, resulted in several collections of an unknown species of Lithospermum (Boraginaceae), a genus…”
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Nomenclatural adjustments in African plants 3 by Manning, John

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora necessitate periodic nomenclatural adjustments and corrections. Objectives: To effect requisite…”
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The correct identity of Lasiosiphon microphyllus (Meisn.) Meisn. (Thymelaeaceae) and the new combination Lasiosiphon kuntzei (Gilg.) R.Kolokoto & Magee by von Staden, Lize, Magee, Anthony R, Boatwright, James S, Manning, John C, Kolokoto, Refilwe

“…Background: While working towards a taxonomic revision of the genus Lasiosiphon (Thymelaeaceae), it became clear that the current application of the name…”
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Two new subspecies of Dietes (Iridaceae: Iridoideae), Dietes iridioides subsp. angolensis from Angola and Dietes bicolor subsp. armeniaca from eastern South Africa, with notes and range extensions for Dietes butcheriana and Dietes iridioides by Goldblatt, Peter, Manning, John C

“…Background: Recent collections of Dietes have extended the known geographical range and morphological variation in several species.Objectives: To describe…”
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Othonna sonchifolia L. is an earlier name for Senecio cymbalarifolius L. (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) by Manning, John C., Magee, Anthony R., Boatwright, James S., Magoswana, Luvo

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies in the African flora necessitate periodicnomenclatural adjustments and corrections.Objectives: To effect requisite…”
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Nomenclatural adjustments in African plants 1 by Goldblatt, Peter, Manning, John C

“…Background: Ongoing systematic studies of the African flora necessitate periodic nomenclatural adjustments and corrections.Objectives: To effect requisite…”
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Moraea orthrosantha (Iridaceae: Irideae), a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa by Goldblatt, Peter, Manning, John C

“…Background: Recent fieldwork in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa,indicated the existence of an undescribed member of Moraea subgenus (subg.)…”
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Allometric relationships shape foreleg evolution of long-legged oil bees (Melittidae: Rediviva) by Melin, Annalie, Altwegg, Res, Manning, John C., Colville, Jonathan F.

“…Exaggerated traits of pollinators have fascinated biologists for centuries. To understand their evolution, and their role in coevolutionary relationships, an…”
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Molecular and morphological support for transferring the tropical African species of Gnidia to Lasiosiphon (Thymelaeaceae: Thymelaeoideae) and a worldwide synopsis of the species by Olaniyan, Oluwayemisi D., Boatwright, J. Stephen, Magee, Anthony R., Manning, John C., van der Bank, Michelle

“…Lasiosiphon Fresen. (Thymelaeaceae: Thymelaeoideae) is now understood to be a morphologically diverse genus distributed across southern and tropical Africa,…”
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