I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

This means of thriving in drought is known as crassulacean acid metabolism (or CAM photosynthesis), as it was first discovered in Crassulaceae, but it is used by many xerophytes, including pineapples.

College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China Objective: Rhodiola is a common Chinese herb in the treatment of cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD). Umbelliferone ...

“All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti.” Those were the words of professor A.F. deWerth of Texas A&M, drilled home to those of us in his class way back in the 1960s.

Relationships between climate, species composition, and species richness are of particular importance for understanding how boreal ecosystems will respond to ongoing climate change. This study aims to ...