W.J.J.O. de Wilde’s research while affiliated with Naturalis Biodiversity Center and other places

... In contrast, L. ferruginea is nationally endangered in Singapore, and occurs in scattered small clumps in the rainforest fragments within the island state (Lindsay et al., 2022;Loo et al., 2015). The fruits are drupaceous, crimson to pink in colour when immature and ripening dark purple to black, 15-17 by 12-15 mm when fresh, with a smooth surface. ...

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Why do understorey Licuala palm fruits turn from red to white and then black when ripe?

... The new records have included native plants ( De Kok, 2015;Leong-Škorničková & Boyce, 2015;Niissalo et al., 2016;Niissalo & Leong-Škorničková, 2017;J. Chen et al., 2018;Chong et al., 2018;Ho et al., 2018;Khoo et al., 2018;Lim et al., 2018a;L.M.J. Chen et al., 2019a;Van Welzen et al., 2020); introduced plants (Niissalo et al., 2016;L.M.J. Chen et al., 2018aL.M.J. Chen et al., , 2018bL.M.J. Chen et al., , 2019aL.M.J. Chen et al., , 2019b; species new to science (Niissalo et al., 2014;Leong-Škorničková & Boyce, 2015;Seah & Wong, 2018aWong, 2018;Wong & Lua, 2018;Wong & Mahyuni, 2018;Niissalo et al., 2020); and rediscoveries of species that had been considered nationally extinct Chong et al., 2018;Ho et al., 2018;Lim et al., 2018aLim et al., , 2018bRodda & Lai, 2018;Choo & Ngo, 2020). However, there have recently been only a few discoveries of native plant genera that were not previously recorded in Singapore, namely Plectocomiopsis Becc. ...

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Flora of Singapore precursors, 25: Taxonomic notes on new discoveries from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, including two native genera newly recorded

... Alangium Lam. (in Lamarck, 1783: 174) (Cornaceae) has approximately 55 species mostly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and southeastern Asia, extending to most of the western and southwestern Pacific Islands and eastern Australia (Feng et al., 2009;De Wilde and Duyfjes, 2016, 2017a, 2017b. The section Alangium is one of the four sections recognized in Alangium by Bloembergen (1935Bloembergen ( , 1939, his division into sections was later corroborated with molecular data (Feng et al., 2009). ...

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Alangium confertiflorum, a new species of Alangium sect. Alangium (Cornaceae) from China-Laos transboundary region

... Alangium Lam. (in Lamarck, 1783: 174) (Cornaceae) has approximately 55 species mostly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and southeastern Asia, extending to most of the western and southwestern Pacific Islands and eastern Australia (Feng et al., 2009;De Wilde and Duyfjes, 2016, 2017a, 2017b. The section Alangium is one of the four sections recognized in Alangium by Bloembergen (1935Bloembergen ( , 1939, his division into sections was later corroborated with molecular data (Feng et al., 2009). ...

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Alangium confertiflorum, a new species of Alangium sect. Alangium (Cornaceae) from China-Laos transboundary region

... This is one of the highly demandable seasonal vegetable and medicinal plant in Asian countries [1]. This species is indigenous to India; because of its higher medicinal importance, it is demandable vegeta throughout the world [2,3]. The medicinal importance of spine gourd is sex-specific, and only female plants have medicinal values. ...

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Feasibility Studies on Pollen Cryopreservation in Spine Gourd (Momordica dioica Roxb.)

... The male flowers of Melothria are generally in racemes, while the female flowers are either solitary or in umbels (Devi & Naidu 1984). The genus Melothria is often characterized by floral morphology, where male flowers that have two stamens which are 2-thecous, and one stamen that is 1-thecous (Simmons & Wilde 2000). ...

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Melothria scabra [Naudin] Provides New Opportunities for Agronomic Research

... Hodgsonia macrocarpa distributes widely from southern temperate Asia (China: Yunnan, Xizang Guangxi) to tropical Asia down to the isthmus of Kra [11,12]. It is a perennial climber reaching a size of up to 30 m and having a life span of over 70 years. ...

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Production and characterization of biodiesel derived from Hodgsonia macrocarpa seed oil

... For example, Williams (1904Williams ( -1905 included just c. 100 orchid species in his "Liste des Plantes Connues du Siam". Arthur F. G. Kerr, who lived in Thailand from 1902 to 1932, made more than 2000 orchid collections (Parnell et al. 2015), but published very little on the orchid flora (Jacobs 1962). Indeed, the book of Seidenfaden & Smitinand (1959-1965 marked the beginning of serious exploration of the Thai orchid flora (documenting 771 identified and 87 unidentified species), and Seidenfaden's later revision increased the number of known species to c. 1200. ...

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On The "Seidenfaden Collection" and the multiple roles botanical gardens can play in orchid conservation

... Chi Bằng lăng Lagerstromeia L. (thuộc họ Bằng lăng Lythraceae) là dạng cây gỗ hoặc cây bụi, cụm hoa hình chùy, đài hoa hình chuông hoặc ống, thùy đài và tràng hoa 6-9, quả hóa gỗ, hạt có cánh. Chi bao gồm khoảng 60 loài và phân bố chủ yếu ở các khu vực nhiệt đới và cận nhiệt đới đất thấp từ Ấn Độ đến Trung Quốc, khu vực Malaysia và mở rộng đến bắc Úc [2][3][4]. Ở Việt Nam, chi Bằng lăng đã ghi nhận khoảng 20 loài, phân bố chủ yếu ở các tỉnh phía Nam với khí hậu nhiệt đới điển hình [5]. Chi Bằng lăng được nhiều người biết đến vì có một số loài được trồng làm cảnh trong vườn và ven đường. ...

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Morphology, anatomy, and quantitative determination of corosolic acid in Lagerstroemia calyculata Kurz in the Southeast region, Vietnam

... Hence the conserved type was collected by König after the death of Linnaeus and cannot be part of the same gathering that was sent to Linnaeus. Wilde & duyfjes's (2014Wilde & duyfjes's ( , 2016 quotation of isotypes in "C, LINN 156.5" is consequently untenable, at least for the sheet at LINN. The referred sheet at C (C10023414, ex Koenig Herbarium ex Hb. rottböll) is annotated by rottbøll with "ex India orientali", "ammannia 8andra", "Jussiaea. ...

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Miscellaneous notes on specimens collected in Surat, Johanna Island and Cácota de Suratá, with emphasis on the Linnaean Herbarium (LINN)