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Plant Biodiversity Drivers in Brazilian Campos Rupestres : Insights from Phylogenetic Structure by Zappi, Daniela C, Moro, Marcelo F, Meagher, Thomas R, Nic Lughadha, Eimear

“…Old, climate-buffered infertile landscapes (Ocbils) have attracted increasing levels of interest in recent years because of their exceptionally diverse plant…”
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Plotting a future for Amazonian canga vegetation in a campo rupestre context by Zappi, Daniela C, Moro, Marcelo F, Walker, Barnaby, Meagher, Thomas, Viana, Pedro L, Mota, Nara F O, Watanabe, Mauricio T C, Nic Lughadha, Eimear

“…In order to establish effective conservation strategy, drivers of local and regional patterns of biodiversity need to be understood. The composition of local…”
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Floral Specialization and Bat Pollination in Subtribe Cereinae (Cactaceae): A Morphological Approach by Albuquerque-Lima, Sinzinando, Taylor, Nigel P, Zappi, Daniela C, Machado, Isabel C

“…Cactaceae has many vertebrate-pollinated species, and in the subtribe Cereinae, several genera are indicated as being pollinated by bats. In this subtribe, we…”
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The iconic cactus of the Caatinga dry forest, Cereus jamacaru (Cactaceae) has high sphingophily specialization and pollinator dependence by ALBUQUERQUE-LIMA, SINZINANDO, DOMINGOS-MELO, ARTHUR, MILET-PINHEIRO, PAULO, NAVARRO, DANIELA MARIA DO AMARAL FERRAZ, TAYLOR, NIGEL P., ZAPPI, DANIELA C., MACHADO, ISABEL C.

“…Abstract Cereus jamacaru is a cactus distributed in Northeastern Brazil, with high symbolic value to this region. However, the interaction, behavior and the…”
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Preliminary placement and new records of an overlooked Amazonian tree, Christiana mennegae (Malvaceae) by Barbosa-Silva, Rafael G, Coutinho, Thales Silva, Vasconcelos, Santelmo, da Silva, Delmo Fonseca, Oliveira, Guilherme, Zappi, Daniela C

“…is a phylogenetically enigmatic taxon and represents a case in point of a species whose presence escaped the radar of the Amazon lists and the Brazilian Flora…”
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Hidden biodiversity of Amazonian white-sand ecosystems: two distinctive new species of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) from Pará, Brazil by Gonella, Paulo Minatel, Barbosa-Silva, Rafael Gomes, Fleischmann, Andreas S, Zappi, Daniela C, Baleeiro, Paulo Cesar, Andrino, Caroline Oliveira

“…As deforestation and fire move forward over pristine vegetation in the Amazon, many species remain undiscovered and may be threatened with extinction before…”
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Blind Testing: DNA Barcoding Sheds Light Upon the Identity of Plant Fragments as a Subsidy for Cave Conservation by Ramalho, Aline J, Zappi, Daniela C, Nunes, Gisele L, Watanabe, Mauricio T C, Vasconcelos, Santelmo, Dias, Mariana C, Jaffé, Rodolfo, Prous, Xavier, Giannini, Tereza C, Oliveira, Guilherme, Giulietti, Ana M

“…Plants living above and around caves represent an important, albeit poorly studied, resource within cave ecosystems. The presence of plant material (root-like…”
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North by northwest: Are unilateral cephalium‐bearing cacti bio‐compasses? by Albuquerque‐Lima, Sinzinando, Zappi, Daniela C., Taylor, Nigel P., Lowry, Martin, Winberg, Mats, Machado, Isabel Cristina

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Unravelling phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cereeae using target enrichment sequencing by Romeiro-Brito, Monique, Taylor, Nigel P, Zappi, Daniela C, Telhe, Milena C, Franco, Fernando F, Moraes, Evandro M

“…Cactaceae are succulent plants, quasi-endemic to the American continent, and one of the most endangered plant groups in the world. Molecular phylogenies have…”
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Revisiting phylogeny, systematics, and biogeography of a Pleistocene radiation by Romeiro‐Brito, Monique, Khan, Gulzar, Perez, Manolo F., Zappi, Daniela C., Taylor, Nigel P., Olsthoorn, Gerardus, Franco, Fernando F., Moraes, Evandro M.

“…Premise Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) is an important dry forest element in all subregions and transitional zones of the neotropics, with the highest diversity in…”
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Coalescent‐based species delimitation meets deep learning: Insights from a highly fragmented cactus system by Perez, Manolo F., Bonatelli, Isabel A. S., Romeiro‐Brito, Monique, Franco, Fernando F., Taylor, Nigel P., Zappi, Daniela C., Moraes, Evandro M.

“…Delimiting species boundaries is a major goal in evolutionary biology. An increasing volume of literature has focused on the challenges of investigating…”
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Interglacial microrefugia and diversification of a cactus species complex: phylogeography and palaeodistributional reconstructions for Pilosocereus aurisetus and allies by Bonatelli, Isabel A. S, Perez, Manolo F, Peterson, A. Townsend, Taylor, Nigel P, Zappi, Daniela C, Machado, Marlon C, Koch, Ingrid, Pires, Adriana H. C, Moraes, Evandro M

“…The role of Pleistocene climate changes in promoting evolutionary diversification in global biota is well documented, but the great majority of data regarding…”
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New Brazilian Floristic List Highlights Conservation Challenges by Forzza, Rafaela C, Baumgratz, José Fernando A, Bicudo, Carlos Eduardo M, Canhos, Dora A. L, Carvalho, Anibal A, Coelho, Marcus A. Nadruz, Costa, Andrea F, Costa, Denise P, Hopkins, Michael G, Leitman, Paula M, Lohmann, Lucia G, Lughadha, Eimear Nic, Maia, Leonor Costa, Martinelli, Gustavo, Menezes, Mariângela, Morim, Marli Pires, Peixoto, Ariane Luna, Pirani, José R, Prado, Jefferson, Queiroz, Luciano P, Souza, Sidnei, Souza, Vinicius Castro, Stehmann, João R, Sylvestre, Lana S, Walter, Bruno M. T, Zappi, Daniela C

“…A comprehensive new inventory of Brazilian plants and fungi was published just in time to meet a 2010 Convention on Biological Diversity target and offers…”
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Beyond forests in the Amazon: biogeography and floristic relationships of the Amazonian savannas by Devecchi, Marcelo F, Lovo, Juliana, Moro, Marcelo F, Andrino, Caroline O, Barbosa-Silva, Rafael G, Viana, Pedro L, Giulietti, Ana Maria, Antar, Guilherme, Watanabe, Maurício T C, Zappi, Daniela C

“…Open habitats such as grasslands occupy < 5% of the Amazon and are currently grouped under the broad term Amazonian savanna, covering an area of c. 267 000…”
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Intermediary floral traits between natural hybrid and its parents in the Xiquexique (Cactaceae) by Albuquerque-Lima, Sinzinando, Milet-Pinheiro, Paulo, Navarro, Daniela M. A. F., Taylor, Nigel P., Zappi, Daniela C., Machado, Isabel C.

“…Hybrid systems represent ‘new ecological opportunities’, as the changes in their vegetative and reproductive traits may facilitate colonization of new niches…”
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Anthers in blue: A hidden rhapsody in Amazonian Eriocaulaceae by Andrino, Caroline O., Santana, Pamela C., Lovo, Juliana, Barbosa‐Silva, Rafael G., Albuquerque‐Lima, Sinzinando, Zappi, Daniela C.

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Edaphic Endemism in the Amazon: Vascular Plants of the canga of Carajás, Brazil by Giulietti, Ana M., Giannini, Tereza C., Mota, Nara F. O., Watanabe, Maurício T. C., Viana, Pedro L., Pastore, Mayara, Silva, Uiara C. S., Siqueira, Marinez F., Pirani, José R., Lima, Haroldo C., Pereira, Jovani B. S., Brito, Rafael M., Harley, Raymond M., Siqueira, José O., Zappi, Daniela C.

“…Amazonia is one of the most diverse biomes worldwide, and, as well as luxuriant forest, it includes mountain areas which, despite their small surface area,…”
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Generalizations of genetic conservation principles in islands are not always likely: a case study from a Neotropical insular cactus by Franco, Fernando Faria, Silva, Felipe André, Khan, Gulzar, Bonatelli, Isabel A S, Amaral, Danilo Trabuco, Zappi, Daniela C, Taylor, Nigel P, Moraes, Evandro Marsola

“…Abstract Cereus insularis (Cereeae, Cactaceae) is an insular endemic and dominant element of the vegetation of Fernando de Noronha Islands (FNI), a Neotropical…”
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Biogeography of epiphytic Angiosperms in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, a world biodiversity hotspot by Menini Neto, Luiz, Furtado, Samyra Gomes, Zappi, Daniela C., de Oliveira Filho, Ary Teixeira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini

“…This study aims to analyse the available distributional data about epiphytic Angiosperms of the Brazilian Atlantic forest (BAF) in order to define geographic…”
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On the true identity of Mendoncia “stellate” trichomes by Silva, Fabio Araújo da, Feio, Ana Carla, Mendonça, Ranielle de Araújo, Kameyama, Cíntia, Zappi, Daniela C.

“…ABSTRACT The present survey of leaf-blade trichomes of Mendoncia used SEM and light microscopy to investigate the diversity of trichome types in Neotropical…”
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