A thorough research on the scientific activity of Guglielmo Gasparrini, Giovanni Gussone and Augustin Pyramus De Candolle allowed the authors to adress a research in several European herbaria looking for the type of the name Senecio pygmaeus DC. The original specimen sent by Gussone and mentioned in the protologue by Candolle is still kept at G-DC and is designated as the lectotype, whilst three other herbarium sheets, preserved at NAP-GUSS, PAL and PAV herbaria respectively, in all probability belong to the same gathering, and are considered as isolectotypes. The authors provide an updated description of this taxon in order to better point out its diagnostic characters. However, further biosystematic and phytogeographic surveys are needed to ascertain the taxonomic value and the distribution range of S. pygmaeus. Indeed, it might represent just a dwarfed, salt-tolerant ecotype of S. leucanthemifolius Poir. or S. vulgaris L., hence be more widespread than previously reported, counting numerous scattered populations along the rocky shores of central and eastern Mediterranean countries.
对Guglielmo Gasparrini, Giovanni Gussone和Augustin Pyramus De Candolle的科学活动进行了深入的研究，使作者能够在几个欧洲植物标本馆中寻找Senecio pygmaeus DC的类型。由Gussone寄来的原始标本和Candolle在原始目录中提到的原始标本仍然保存在G-DC，并被指定为选型，而另外三个分别保存在NAP-GUSS, PAL和PAV标本馆的标本馆，很可能属于同一集合，并被认为是等异型。为了更好地指出其诊断特征，作者对该分类群进行了更新描述。但是，还需要进一步的生物系统和植物地理调查来确定其分类价值和分布范围。事实上，它可能只是一种矮化的耐盐生态型的白菊花。或S. vulgaris L.，因此比以前报道的更广泛，沿着地中海中部和东部国家的岩石海岸计算了许多分散的种群。
{"title":"Typification of the name Senecio pygmaeus (Asteraceae), with some additional taxonomic and phytogeographic remarks","authors":"S. Pasta, D. Jeanmonod, A. Troìa","doi":"10.5209/mbot.82367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.82367","url":null,"abstract":"A thorough research on the scientific activity of Guglielmo Gasparrini, Giovanni Gussone and Augustin Pyramus De Candolle allowed the authors to adress a research in several European herbaria looking for the type of the name Senecio pygmaeus DC. The original specimen sent by Gussone and mentioned in the protologue by Candolle is still kept at G-DC and is designated as the lectotype, whilst three other herbarium sheets, preserved at NAP-GUSS, PAL and PAV herbaria respectively, in all probability belong to the same gathering, and are considered as isolectotypes. The authors provide an updated description of this taxon in order to better point out its diagnostic characters. However, further biosystematic and phytogeographic surveys are needed to ascertain the taxonomic value and the distribution range of S. pygmaeus. Indeed, it might represent just a dwarfed, salt-tolerant ecotype of S. leucanthemifolius Poir. or S. vulgaris L., hence be more widespread than previously reported, counting numerous scattered populations along the rocky shores of central and eastern Mediterranean countries.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43348322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We provided the first record of Valerianella multidentata Loscos & Pardo for the flora of Andalusia (south of Spain). The specimen was collected during fieldwork in the southwest of Cordoba province. This new population illustrates a remarkable expansion of the species' geographic range very disjunct from its northeastern distribution core. The main morphological differences of the achenes between Valerianella multidentata and its relatives (V. coronata and V. discoidea) are provided. A geographical distribution map and detailed pictures of the specimen are also presented.
{"title":"A remarkably disjunct population of Valerianella multidentata (Caprifoliaceae) in the south of Spain","authors":"Gloria Martínez Sagarra, J. A. Devesa","doi":"10.5209/mbot.81551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.81551","url":null,"abstract":"We provided the first record of Valerianella multidentata Loscos & Pardo for the flora of Andalusia (south of Spain). The specimen was collected during fieldwork in the southwest of Cordoba province. This new population illustrates a remarkable expansion of the species' geographic range very disjunct from its northeastern distribution core. The main morphological differences of the achenes between Valerianella multidentata and its relatives (V. coronata and V. discoidea) are provided. A geographical distribution map and detailed pictures of the specimen are also presented.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48813632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The typification of the name Hippocrepis balearica is discussed. The name is lectotypified on an illustration published by Jacquin in 1781.
讨论了海马甲名称的类型学。这个名字在1781年由杰金出版的一幅插图上被典型地引用。
{"title":"Typification of the name Hippocrepis balearica (Leguminosae)","authors":"P. P. Ferrer Gallego, L. Sáez","doi":"10.5209/mbot.83748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.83748","url":null,"abstract":"The typification of the name Hippocrepis balearica is discussed. The name is lectotypified on an illustration published by Jacquin in 1781.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47880605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rogelio Sánchez-Villegas, M. Escudero, S. Martín‐Bravo, C. Salazar-Mendías, Jose A. Algarra, M. Luceño
Carex camposii Boiss. & Reut., endemic to high mountain ranges in Southern Iberian Peninsula (Sierra Nevada, Sierra de los Filabres and Sierra de Baza), is a morphologically and molecularly well-defined species included in Carex gr. laevigata (subg. Carex, sect. Spirostachyae). We have discovered a population of a morphologically similar species to C. camposii in a different mountain range (Sierra de Tejeda), that displayed some deviant morphological characters and was found in a different habitat from that typical of the species. In order to disentangle the taxonomic status of this population, we have conducted a phylogenetic analysis using five nuclear (ITS, ETS, G3PDH, CATP and GZF) and three plastid (matK, rpS16 and 5’trnK intron) DNA regions. In addition, a morphological analysis including the population from Sierra de Tejeda was carried out. The resulting phylogenetic trees show that the samples of the problematic population are closely related to C. camposii, while the morphological study revealed that a total of nine morphological features did not match those of typical C. camposii. Even though the samples from Sierra de Tejeda are genetically not well differentiated from C. camposii, the morphological and ecological differentiation supports its recognition as a new subspecies, C. camposii subsp. tejedensis. An assessment of its conservation status using IUCN categories and criteria suggests that it could be critically endangered (CR).
苔草路透社。，原产于伊比利亚半岛南部的高山山脉（内华达山脉、菲拉布雷斯山脉和巴扎山脉），是一种形态和分子上明确的物种，包括在金花苔草（苔草亚属，螺科）中。我们在不同的山脉（Sierra de Tejeda）发现了一个形态上与C.camposii相似的物种种群，该种群表现出一些异常的形态特征，并且在与该物种典型栖息地不同的栖息地发现。为了弄清该种群的分类地位，我们使用五个核（ITS、ETS、G3PDH、CATP和GZF）和三个质体（matK、rpS16和5’trnK内含子）DNA区域进行了系统发育分析。此外，还对Sierra de Tejeda的种群进行了形态学分析。由此产生的系统发育树表明，有问题种群的样本与C.camposii密切相关，而形态学研究显示，共有9个形态特征与典型的C.camposi不匹配。尽管来自Sierra de Tejeda的样本在遗传上与C.camposii没有很好的区别，形态和生态分化支持其被识别为一个新的亚种C.camposii subsp。tejedensis。根据国际自然保护联盟的分类和标准对其保护状况进行的评估表明，它可能处于极度濒危状态。
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C. Vila-Viçosa, J. Capelo, P. Alves, Rubim Almeida, F. M. Vázquez
We present a comprehensive taxonomic and nomenclatural review of the Portuguese oaks (Quercus L.), issuing from throughout biogeographical, historical, bibliographic, field and herbarium data. We propose a new annotated checklist for all taxa and nothotaxa belonging to Quercus L. genus in the Portuguese national territory, extending the analysis to the broader biogeographical context of Western Mediterranean Subregion. Fifteen herbaria collections were exhaustively studied and complemented by information retrieved from digital collections, resulting in the recognition of eleven native oaks. Further treatment at infraspecific level includes one subspecies and additional 23 nothotaxa. We designate 21 names as types and add a preliminary list of 150 cultivated trees, concurring to a total of 185 oak taxa, in total, found in Portugal. Moreover, we clarify the taxonomical status and reinstate both Quercus calliprinos Webb and Q. pseudococcifera Desf. as native for the Western Mediterranean subregion. We recover the concept of Q. faginea Lam., as the widespread Gall oak in Portugal and update its synonym list. We propose Q. broteroana and Q. estremadurensis as autonomous species within the European Q. robur s.l. broad group, alongside two newly circumscribed subsections inside Section Quercus. We describe three nothotaxa as new (Q. ×alvesii, Q. ×capeloana and Q. ×sampaioana) and approach the nomenclatural resolution of the remaining natural hybrids. Lastly, we provide an identification key, intelligible for non-specialists, including both native taxa and most frequent nothotaxa. We emphasise the importance of historical and literature review, combined with accurate biogeographical information, as paramount to coherent taxonomical resolution. Both specimens and their associated records were found of crucial significance to a taxonomical model that is, in the end, useful to biodiversity conservation.
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T. Hamel, Noelia Hidalgo Triana, A. Meddad-Hamza, Amir Boulemtafes, N. Souilah, Gérard de Bélair, Ángel Enrique Salvo Tierra
The identification of priority conservation areas (PCA) plays an important role in biodiversity conservation, but uncertainties create challenges for conservation planning. The objective was to test a method based on 'taxonomic distinctness' (TD) and to identify PCA to quantify the heritage value of a territory and establish the most appropriate conservation measures. The researchers performed a systematic and phytogeographical analysis of ten islands in northeastern Algeria, a biological hotspot with heterogeneous ecosystem types and subject to socio-economic pressures. The biological diversity represented by 223 species in these environments reflects a high rate of endemicity (13%).
{"title":"Analysis of taxonomic distinctness and priority conservation areas as a basis for heritage enhancement of floristic diversity: the case of the ‘hotspot’ of the islands of Numidia (North-eastern Algeria)","authors":"T. Hamel, Noelia Hidalgo Triana, A. Meddad-Hamza, Amir Boulemtafes, N. Souilah, Gérard de Bélair, Ángel Enrique Salvo Tierra","doi":"10.5209/mbot.81125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.81125","url":null,"abstract":"The identification of priority conservation areas (PCA) plays an important role in biodiversity conservation, but uncertainties create challenges for conservation planning. The objective was to test a method based on 'taxonomic distinctness' (TD) and to identify PCA to quantify the heritage value of a territory and establish the most appropriate conservation measures. The researchers performed a systematic and phytogeographical analysis of ten islands in northeastern Algeria, a biological hotspot with heterogeneous ecosystem types and subject to socio-economic pressures. The biological diversity represented by 223 species in these environments reflects a high rate of endemicity (13%).","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45555413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Orobanche dominae El Mokni (section Orobanche L.) is described and illustrated as a new species to science, endemic to central-eastern Tunisia, North Africa. The new species is known only from a single population within olive groves of Mahdia area, where it grows on sandy loam soil and parasiting on the Tuniso-Libyan endemic Onopordum espinae Bonnet. It is a medium almost brownish-purple plant characterized by a precocious and very short blooming period. It has a cylindrical, long inflorescence with erecto-patent and long sized flowers. The corolla exhibits varying colors along with short and long glandular hairs in addition to an almost glabrous style on the lower part. The macromorphological features suggest a closer relationship of this new species to the members of the subsections Minores Teryokhin and Speciosae Novopokr., in particular with Or. crenata Forssk., Or. minor Sm., and Or. artemisiae-campestris Gaudin s.l. (so far the only known Orobanche that was mentioned parasitizing one of the Onopordum species, On. illyricum L.). Relationships and discriminating morphological features of the new species with its closest species are examined. Data on its ecological and conservation status together with its main host(s) and distributive area are also presented.
Orobanche dominae El Mokni(部分Orobanche L.)被描述和说明为科学上的新物种，特有于北非突尼斯中东部。这个新物种只在Mahdia地区橄榄林中的一个单一种群中被发现，它生长在沙质壤土上，寄生在突尼斯-利比亚特有的Onopordum espinae Bonnet上。它是一种中等几乎棕紫色的植物，其特点是早熟和花期很短。它有一个圆柱形，长花序和直立的专利和长大小的花。花冠呈现不同的颜色以及短和长的腺毛，除了在下部几乎无毛的风格。大形态特征表明该新种与Minores Teryokhin亚组和Speciosae Novopokr亚组成员关系较近。，特别是用Or。crenata Forssk。,或。小Sm。，或。到目前为止，已知的唯一一种被提到寄生于一种Onopordum的orobche, On。illyricum l .)。研究了新种与其最近种的关系和鉴别形态学特征。文中还介绍了其生态和养护状况、主要宿主和分布区域。
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Opuntia elata and O. monacantha are the two species of Opuntia Series Armatae traditionally accepted as naturalized in the Mediterranean region and Europe. However, a review based on the analysis of the available images and on the criteria of the most recent taxonomic proposals shows that O. elata s.s. is not present. The plants so far assigned to O. elata belong to O. bonaerensis, a clearly differentiated species, or to O. rioplatensis and O. canterae, both species similar to O. elata and recently segregated. The situation looks similar for South Africa and Australia, where the iconography shows other species of this group but not O. elata in the strict sense.
{"title":"On the identity of Opuntia elata s.l. (Cactaceae) introduced in the Mediterranean region. A taxonomic and nomenclatural update","authors":"P. Aymerich, F. Font","doi":"10.5209/mbot.80196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.80196","url":null,"abstract":"Opuntia elata and O. monacantha are the two species of Opuntia Series Armatae traditionally accepted as naturalized in the Mediterranean region and Europe. However, a review based on the analysis of the available images and on the criteria of the most recent taxonomic proposals shows that O. elata s.s. is not present. The plants so far assigned to O. elata belong to O. bonaerensis, a clearly differentiated species, or to O. rioplatensis and O. canterae, both species similar to O. elata and recently segregated. The situation looks similar for South Africa and Australia, where the iconography shows other species of this group but not O. elata in the strict sense.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48885488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Covid-19, one of the coronaviruses has emerged in Wuhan, China as a result of zoonotic infection towards the end of December 2019. According to WHO data, Covid-19 has been present among approximately 221 million people in 222 countries, causing death for 4.5 million. Furthermore, these figures are increasing every day. In Turkey, approximately 6.5 million people have been infected thus far, and 58,651 of them lost their lives. People have preferred medicinal and aromatic plants to protect/treat themselves from Covid-19. The following questions were investigated in this study: Does Covid-19 affect the use of medicinal and aromatic plants? If it does, what are the changes? What types of herbs are used and in which ways they are used? Who advises people to use these herbs? According to the results, 113 taxa belonging to 61 families and 105 genera were used by the participants at the genus, species and subspecies level. Herbs that were widely used are Thymus sp., Tilia sp., Salvia officinalis L., Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Mentha piperita L., Curcuma longa L., Rosa canina L., Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, Lavandula officinalis Chais, Matricaria sp., respectively. There was a positive and moderate-level relationship between the use of medicinal and aromatic plants before and after COVID-19, and another positive and moderate-level relationship between the frequencies of using medicinal and aromatic plants before and after the pandemic. The relationships were significant for both questionnaire items. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the frequency of use regarding medicinal and aromatic plants before and after Covid-19.
{"title":"The Effect of Covid-19 on the Use of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: The Case of Turkey","authors":"Seydi Ahmet Kavakli, Barış Ergül, Emin Uğurlu","doi":"10.5209/mbot.77842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.77842","url":null,"abstract":"Covid-19, one of the coronaviruses has emerged in Wuhan, China as a result of zoonotic infection towards the end of December 2019. According to WHO data, Covid-19 has been present among approximately 221 million people in 222 countries, causing death for 4.5 million. Furthermore, these figures are increasing every day. In Turkey, approximately 6.5 million people have been infected thus far, and 58,651 of them lost their lives. People have preferred medicinal and aromatic plants to protect/treat themselves from Covid-19. The following questions were investigated in this study: Does Covid-19 affect the use of medicinal and aromatic plants? If it does, what are the changes? What types of herbs are used and in which ways they are used? Who advises people to use these herbs? According to the results, 113 taxa belonging to 61 families and 105 genera were used by the participants at the genus, species and subspecies level. Herbs that were widely used are Thymus sp., Tilia sp., Salvia officinalis L., Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Mentha piperita L., Curcuma longa L., Rosa canina L., Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, Lavandula officinalis Chais, Matricaria sp., respectively. There was a positive and moderate-level relationship between the use of medicinal and aromatic plants before and after COVID-19, and another positive and moderate-level relationship between the frequencies of using medicinal and aromatic plants before and after the pandemic. The relationships were significant for both questionnaire items. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the frequency of use regarding medicinal and aromatic plants before and after Covid-19.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46849930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tassadit Dib, D. Kazanis, M. Arianoutsou, M. Messaoudene, F. Krouchi
Cork oak (Quercus suber) as a West Mediterranean species is known for its ecological, economic and social values. Wildfires are one of the most serious problems threatening Quercus suber, endangering its occurrence in its area of distribution. Therefore, knowing the behavior of the species after fire and the factors influencing its responses are particularly important for forest management. In this study we assessed the post fire vegetative recovery in 730 trees affected by wildfires on 2014 in Kiadi cork oak forest, located in the Western side of Akfadou Mountains in Algeria. Few months after the fire, individual tree mortality was very low (7.53%), and nearly, all the trees sampled survived the fire since almost all trees resprouted from canopy and some of them showed basal resprouts. Moreover, those two modes of post fire vegetative recovery were not correlated to each other. The performed redundancy analyzes (RDA) revealed that the cork oak post-fire response was highly correlated with individual characteristics and with the environmental data. The main variables influencing the likelihood of good or poor vegetative recovery were the understory height and cover, soil characteristics, fire severity, tree status (alive/dead trees), tree diameter and tree exploitation. Our results confirmed the fire resistance of cork oak species; which is also the only Algerian tree to resprouts. Hence, this makes the species a good candidate for reforestation programs in fire prone ecosystems.
{"title":"Post-fire regeneration of cork oak (Quercus suber) in Kiadi forest (Akfadou- Algeria)","authors":"Tassadit Dib, D. Kazanis, M. Arianoutsou, M. Messaoudene, F. Krouchi","doi":"10.5209/mbot.77999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.77999","url":null,"abstract":"Cork oak (Quercus suber) as a West Mediterranean species is known for its ecological, economic and social values. Wildfires are one of the most serious problems threatening Quercus suber, endangering its occurrence in its area of distribution. Therefore, knowing the behavior of the species after fire and the factors influencing its responses are particularly important for forest management. In this study we assessed the post fire vegetative recovery in 730 trees affected by wildfires on 2014 in Kiadi cork oak forest, located in the Western side of Akfadou Mountains in Algeria. Few months after the fire, individual tree mortality was very low (7.53%), and nearly, all the trees sampled survived the fire since almost all trees resprouted from canopy and some of them showed basal resprouts. Moreover, those two modes of post fire vegetative recovery were not correlated to each other. The performed redundancy analyzes (RDA) revealed that the cork oak post-fire response was highly correlated with individual characteristics and with the environmental data. The main variables influencing the likelihood of good or poor vegetative recovery were the understory height and cover, soil characteristics, fire severity, tree status (alive/dead trees), tree diameter and tree exploitation. Our results confirmed the fire resistance of cork oak species; which is also the only Algerian tree to resprouts. Hence, this makes the species a good candidate for reforestation programs in fire prone ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70698719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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