The four Sasang constitutions, Taeyangin (太陽人, TY type), Soyangin (少陽人, SY type), Taeeumin (太陰人, TE type), and Soeumin (少陰人, SE type), were distinguished according to individuals' (1) sensitivity to certain groups of herbs and medicines, (2) equilibrium among internal organ functions, (3) physical features and (4) psychological characteristics [ 19].
The sphenophytes, for example, were once a large and diverse group of herbs, shrubs, vines, and trees but are now limited to only 15 species of horsetails; the woody lycophytes (club mosses) are entirely gone, leaving only a faint trail in their reduced modern representatives.
Indeed, a closer observation of the results for the second group of herbs (Tables 2 and 3) indicate that their antioxidant activities are due to the combination of polyphenols and trace metal contents.
Special forms of secondary wood formation are typical for lianas and vines [e.g. 1], [4], [5], [6], [7], though the phenomenon of successive cambia is also found in a select group of herb, shrub and tree species [e.g. 1], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12] coming from different phylogenetic clades [1], [2], [12].
The genus takes its common name from a group of annual herbs used as purgatives, or spurges, mainly the 1-metre- (3.3-foot) tall European E. lathyris, seeds of which were once used for their laxative effect.
According to SCM, each constitutional type corresponds to a certain group of medicinal herbs and herbal remedies.
Hieracium s.str. is a complex species-rich group of perennial herbs composed of few sexual diploids and numerous apomictic polyploids.
Population studies of Central American Begonia species will shed light on the evolution of species richness in a morphologically diverse group of neotropical herbs; but to date, studies have been limited by the availability of suitable nuclear markers to complement plastid microsatellite markers (Twyford et al., 2013).
But simply because it was easy enough, I pulled out a couple of different groups of spices and herbs.
We show that among each socio-ecological group of forest herb species, (i) the best disperser ("scout" species) indicates habitat suitability for the other species of the group, hence predicts a colonization credit; (ii) the species with intermediate dispersal traits ("median" species) indicates forest species richness and composition of a given hedgerow.
