Forest Institute

Revisiting Alpinia cumingii (Zingiberaceae): phylogenetic placement, recircumscription and a description of a new morphologically similar species

Alpinia cumingii was described by Karl Moritz Schumann from the Philippines in 1904. Two remarkably similar species, also from the Philippines, Alpinia penduliflora and Alpinia pendula, were described respectively in 1909 by Henry Nicholas Ridley and 1928 by Eduardo Quisumbing an...

A compact, wireless fluorimeter system for continuous, real-time monitoring of tissue perfusion via in vivo fluorescence signals

In vivo fluorescence signals provide physiological and pathological insights for the interpretation of biological states associated with anatomical abnormalities or disease. Conventional methods for measuring fluorescence signals rely on bulky, costly instrumentation for imaging...