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Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna by Couvreur, Thomas L.P., Dauby, Gilles, Blach‐Overgaard, Anne, Deblauwe, Vincent, Dessein, Steven, Droissart, Vincent, Hardy, Oliver J., Harris, David J., Janssens, Steven B., Ley, Alexandra C., Mackinder, Barbara A., Sonké, Bonaventure, Sosef, Marc S.M., Stévart, Tariq, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, Wieringa, Jan J., Faye, Adama, Missoup, Alain D., Tolley, Krystal A., Nicolas, Violaine, Ntie, Stéphan, Fluteau, Frédiéric, Robin, Cécile, Guillocheau, Francois, Barboni, Doris, Sepulchre, Pierre

“…ABSTRACT Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems. Past climatic change and geological events have impacted…”
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Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa by Sosef, Marc S M, Dauby, Gilles, Blach-Overgaard, Anne, van der Burgt, Xander, Catarino, Luís, Damen, Theo, Deblauwe, Vincent, Dessein, Steven, Dransfield, John, Droissart, Vincent, Duarte, Maria Cristina, Engledow, Henry, Fadeur, Geoffrey, Figueira, Rui, Gereau, Roy E, Hardy, Olivier J, Harris, David J, de Heij, Janneke, Janssens, Steven, Klomberg, Yannick, Ley, Alexandra C, Mackinder, Barbara A, Meerts, Pierre, van de Poel, Jeike L, Sonké, Bonaventure, Stévart, Tariq, Stoffelen, Piet, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Sepulchre, Pierre, Zaiss, Rainer, Wieringa, Jan J, Couvreur, Thomas L P

“…Understanding the patterns of biodiversity distribution and what influences them is a fundamental pre-requisite for effective conservation and sustainable…”
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Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 2 by Sosef, Marc S.M.

“…Background and aims - Within the framework of the renewed production of the Flore d'Afrique centrale, the grasses are being studied to accomplish their…”
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RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions by Dauby, Gilles, Zaiss, Rainer, Blach-Overgaard, Anne, Catarino, Luís, Damen, Theo, Deblauwe, Vincent, Dessein, Steven, Dransfield, John, Droissart, Vincent, Duarte, Maria Cristina, Engledow, Henry, Fadeur, Geoffrey, Figueira, Rui, Gereau, Roy E, Hardy, Olivier J, Harris, David J, de Heij, Janneke, Janssens, Steven, Klomberg, Yannick, Ley, Alexandra C, Mackinder, Barbara A, Meerts, Pierre, van de Poel, Jeike L, Sonké, Bonaventure, Sosef, Marc S M, Stévart, Tariq, Stoffelen, Piet, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Sepulchre, Pierre, van der Burgt, Xander, Wieringa, Jan J, Couvreur, Thomas L P

“…The tropical vegetation of Africa is characterized by high levels of species diversity but is undergoing important shifts in response to ongoing climate change…”
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Novitates Gabonenses 91: additions to the grass flora of Gabon by Sosef, Marc S.M., Bidault, Ehoarn, Boupoya, Archange, Lachenaud, Olivier, Stévart, Tariq

“…Background - The number of vascular plant species known to occur in Gabon rises quickly due to renewed collecting and inventory activities, often in…”
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Revision of the African Genus Hexalobus (Annonaceae) by Botermans, Marleen, Sosef, Marc S. M, Chatrou, Lars W, Couvreur, Thomas L. P

“…The genus Hexalobus consists of five species characterized by six basally fused petal lobes that are transversally folded in bud, which is unique within…”
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Revision of the fern genus Orthiopteris (Saccolomataceae) in Malesia and adjacent regions by Luong, Thien Tam, Hovenkamp, Peter H, Sosef, Marc S M

“…A taxonomic revision of the Old-World representatives of the fern genus Orthiopteris is presented. We recognize eight species, one of which is newly described…”
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Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species by Sosef, Marc S M, Dauby, Gilles

“…Garcinia has some 260 species and is often regarded as a genus with a difficult taxonomy. No recent treatment is available for the botanically rich Lower…”
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(2911) Proposal to conserve the name Clerodendrum umbellatum (Labiatae) with a conserved type by Meerts, Pierre J., Sosef, Marc S.M.

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Minimum required number of specimen records to develop accurate species distribution models by van Proosdij, André S. J., Sosef, Marc S. M., Wieringa, Jan J., Raes, Niels

“…Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to predict the occurrence of species. Because SDMs generally use presence-only data, validation of the…”
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PRODUCING THE FLORE D’AFRIQUE CENTRALE, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE by Sosef, Marc S.M.

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Cradles and museums of generic plant diversity across tropical Africa by Dagallier, Léo-Paul M. J., Janssens, Steven B., Dauby, Gilles, Blach-Overgaard, Anne, Mackinder, Barbara A., Droissart, Vincent, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Sosef, Marc S. M., Staévart, Tariq, Harris, David J., Sonkaé, Bonaventure, Wieringa, Jan J., Hardy, Olivier J., Couvreur, Thomas L. P.

“…• Determining where species diversify (cradles) and persist (museums) over evolutionary time is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity…”
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M.M.J. van Balgooy, Y.W. Low & K.M. Wong (2015) Spot-characters for the Identification of Malesian Seed Plants: A Guide by Sosef, Marc S.M.

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ConR: An R package to assist large‐scale multispecies preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data by Dauby, Gilles, Stévart, Tariq, Droissart, Vincent, Cosiaux, Ariane, Deblauwe, Vincent, Simo‐Droissart, Murielle, Sosef, Marc S. M., Lowry, Porter P., Schatz, George E., Gereau, Roy E., Couvreur, Thomas L. P.

“…The Red List Categories and the accompanying five criteria developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provide an authoritative and…”
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Beyond trees: Biogeographical regionalization of tropical Africa by Droissart, Vincent, Dauby, Gilles, Hardy, Olivier J., Deblauwe, Vincent, Harris, David J., Janssens, Steven, Mackinder, Barbara A., Blach-Overgaard, Anne, Sonké, Bonaventure, Sosef, Marc S. M., Stévart, Tariq, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Wieringa, Jan J., Couvreur, Thomas L. P.

“…Aim: To delineate bioregions in tropical Africa and determine whether different plant growth forms (trees, terrestrial herbs, lianas and shrubs) display the…”
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Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 1 by Sosef, Marc S.M.

“…Background and aims - Within the framework of the renewed production of the Flore d'Afrique centrale, a manuscript will be prepared on the grasses. Taxonomic…”
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Towards a collaborative approach to the systematics of Ipomoea: A response to the “Rebuttal to (2786) Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae)” by Eserman, Lauren A., Buril, Maria Teresa, Chatrou, Lars W., Clay, Keith, Desquilbet, Thibaut E., Ferreira, Priscila P.A., Grande Allende, José R., Huerta‐Ramos, Guillermo, Kojima, Roberta K., Miller, Richard E., More, Sushant, Moreira, André L.C., Pastore, Mayara, Petrongari, Fernanda S., Pisuttimarn, Ponprom, Pornpongrungrueng, Pimwadee, Rifkin, Joanna, Shimpale, Vinod B., Sosef, Marc S.M., Stinchcombe, John R., Simões, Ana Rita G.

“…A proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea was published in December 2020, and recommended by the Nomenclature Committee in 2023. This was done in the…”
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(2278) Proposal to conserve the nameSerapias helleborine(Epipactis helleborine) (Orchidaceae) with a conserved type by Kreutz, Karel C.A.J., Sosef, Marc S.M.

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Phylogenetics, ancestral state reconstruction, and a new infrafamilial classification of the pantropical Ochnaceae (Medusagynaceae, Ochnaceae s.str., Quiinaceae) based on five DNA regions by Schneider, Julio V., Bissiengou, Pulcherie, Amaral, Maria do Carmo E., Tahir, Ali, Fay, Michael F., Thines, Marco, Sosef, Marc S.M., Zizka, Georg, Chatrou, Lars W.

“…[Display omitted] •For the first time, a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the pantropical Ochnaceae is provided.•Quiinaceae and Medusagynaceae are included…”
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Molecular phylogenetics reveal multiple tertiary vicariance origins of the African rain forest trees by Couvreur, T.L.P, Chatrou, L.W, Sosef, M.S.M, Richardson, J.E

“…Tropical rain forests are the most diverse terrestrial ecosystems on the planet. How this diversity evolved remains largely unexplained. In Africa, rain…”
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