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Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species of Utricularia from Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia

The carnivorous Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) is a small herb of multifarious wet habitats worldwide. Eleven of the 14 Peninsular Malaysian species range into the mountains. Distribution, disturbance adaptability and collection frequency were used to formulate their commonness category. Common (U....

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Autores principales: Haron, Noorma Wati, Chew, Ming Yee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific World Journal 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22619629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/234820
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description The carnivorous Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) is a small herb of multifarious wet habitats worldwide. Eleven of the 14 Peninsular Malaysian species range into the mountains. Distribution, disturbance adaptability and collection frequency were used to formulate their commonness category. Common (U. aurea, U. bifida, and U. minutissima) and fairly common (U. gibba and U. uliginosa) species are mostly lowland plants that ascend to open montane microhabitats, while the fairly common (U. striatula), narrow-range (U. caerulea pink form and U. involvens), rare (U. furcellata and U. scandens), and endemic (U. vitellina) species are restricted to mountainous sites. Common species that colonise dystrophic to oligotrophic man-made sites in late succession could serve as predictors for general health and recovery of wet habitats. Rarer species are often locally abundant, their niches situated around pristine forest edges. When in decline, they indicate the beginning of problems affecting the forest. Utricularia is reportedly nutritious, mildly astringent, and diuretic. Preadapted to nutrient-poor, waterlogged soils, U. bifida is suitable as an alternative for small-scale herb cultivation on low pH, wet poor soils usually deemed not suitable for any crops.
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spelling pubmed-33532732012-05-22 Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species of Utricularia from Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia Haron, Noorma Wati Chew, Ming Yee ScientificWorldJournal Research Article The carnivorous Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) is a small herb of multifarious wet habitats worldwide. Eleven of the 14 Peninsular Malaysian species range into the mountains. Distribution, disturbance adaptability and collection frequency were used to formulate their commonness category. Common (U. aurea, U. bifida, and U. minutissima) and fairly common (U. gibba and U. uliginosa) species are mostly lowland plants that ascend to open montane microhabitats, while the fairly common (U. striatula), narrow-range (U. caerulea pink form and U. involvens), rare (U. furcellata and U. scandens), and endemic (U. vitellina) species are restricted to mountainous sites. Common species that colonise dystrophic to oligotrophic man-made sites in late succession could serve as predictors for general health and recovery of wet habitats. Rarer species are often locally abundant, their niches situated around pristine forest edges. When in decline, they indicate the beginning of problems affecting the forest. Utricularia is reportedly nutritious, mildly astringent, and diuretic. Preadapted to nutrient-poor, waterlogged soils, U. bifida is suitable as an alternative for small-scale herb cultivation on low pH, wet poor soils usually deemed not suitable for any crops. The Scientific World Journal 2012-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3353273/ /pubmed/22619629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/234820 Text en Copyright © 2012 N. W. Haron and M. Y. Chew. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species of Utricularia from Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species of Utricularia from Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species of Utricularia from Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort medicinal and environmental indicator species of utricularia from montane forest of peninsular malaysia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22619629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/234820
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