Publications by authors named "I Ondo"
Article Synopsis
- Over 15% of vascular plant species might still be unnamed, and many existing species have insufficient geographic data recorded.
- Identifying gaps in taxonomic and geographic knowledge is essential for guiding future efforts in plant collection and conservation.
- The study highlights 33 areas, mostly within biodiversity hotspots, as critical regions for future collection, with specific countries like Colombia, Myanmar, and New Guinea prioritized for conservation efforts.
Plants sustain human life. Understanding geographic patterns of the diversity of species used by people is thus essential for the sustainable management of plant resources. Here, we investigate the global distribution of 35,687 utilized plant species spanning 10 use categories (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants are a rich source of bioactive compounds and a number of plant-derived antiplasmodial compounds have been developed into pharmaceutical drugs for the prevention and treatment of malaria, a major public health challenge. However, identifying plants with antiplasmodial potential can be time-consuming and costly. One approach for selecting plants to investigate is based on ethnobotanical knowledge which, though having provided some major successes, is restricted to a relatively small group of plant species.
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