A new species of Aiton, C.M.Wang, Chih Y.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF'Breadfruit' is a common tree species in Taiwan. In the indigenous Austronesian Amis culture of eastern Taiwan, 'breadfruit' is known as Pacilo, and its fruits are consumed as food. On Lanyu (Botel Tobago) where the indigenous Yami people live, 'breadfruit' is called Cipoho and used for constructing houses and plank-boats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this article, we describe a new species, Y.H. Tseng, C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lilium callosum is native to Taiwan, but little is known about it since it has been considered extinct since 1915. After the rediscovery of this rare species after a fire in 2011 in Tunghsiao Township, intensive work has been conducted to count the number in the wild population, to develop a conservation strategy, and to understand its reproductive characteristics and even economic potential.
Results: To conserve the germplasm of this population, three scales from a wild L.