Ana Flávia Alves Versiane

• PhD in Plant Biology
• Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro

Microlicieae are a monophyletic tribe comprising seven genera: Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera, Microlicia s.s., Poteranthera, Rhynchanthera, Stenodon and Trembleya. Microlicia s.s. includes 172 species predominantly distributed in the campo rupestre of Brazil. Its delimitation is complex because the generic boundaries, mostly with Lavoisiera and Trembleya...

Microlicia ciliatobracteata sp. nov. is a newly described species from Guarani de Goiás municipality in the northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. This study provides a detailed description of M . ciliatobracteata , an illustration plate, an occurrence map, preliminary conservation status, and a comparison with morphologically related species: M. consim...

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One-third of Brazilian melastomes occur in Minas Gerais, the most floristically diverse state in the country. In this paper, we introduce Microlicia geraizeira, a new species of Melastomataceae exclusively collected in the Serra Nova e Talhado State Park, northern Minas Gerais. The new species has leaves, hypanthia, and sepals densely covered with...

Microlicia campostriniae Versiane & R.Romero and M. subtilis R.Romero & Versiane are two new species from the campo rupestre in Rio Preto State Park, Diamantina Plateau, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Here, we provide descriptions, illustrations, an occurrence map, preliminary conservation assessments, and comparisons with related morphological congeners fo...

Background and aims – The genus Microlicia consists of 286 taxa, 82 of which are found in Bahia, Brazil. This genus features pentamerous flowers, occasionally hexamerous to decamerous; a hypanthium with or without bristles, isomorphic to dimorphic androecium; tetrasporangiate or polysporangiate anthers; and pedoconnective prolonged below the theca...

Here, we describe Microlicia ferricola, a newly discovered species exclusive to the Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais state. Additionally, we provide an illustration plate, field images, occurrence map, and comparisons with its morphological relatives such as M. longicalycina, M. woodgyeriana, and M. trichocalycina. This new species is characterized by...

The new species Microlicia arenaria , M. dentisepala , and M. membranacea are described from the Diamantina Plateau, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Microlicia arenaria is a cespitose subshrub with xylopodium, fastigiate branches, forming clumps, sessile leaves, linear lamina, and hypanthium and sepals covered with golden spherical glands. In addition,...

Here, we describe three new species of Melastomataceae from the Serra do Espinhaço in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Microlicia diamantinensis and M. sublaevis are endemic to Diamantina municipality, whereas M. reptans is endemic to Itacambira municipality. We provide descriptions, illustrations, field images, an occurrence map, and comparisons with m...

O Parque Nacional das Sempre Vivas (PNSV) é uma Unidade de Conservação de Proteção Integral, abrange os municípios de Bocaiúva, Buenópolis, Diamantina e Olhos d´Água, no estado de Minas Gerais, entre as coordenadas 43°46’37”S e 17° 48’22”W. A sede do Parque está localizada no município de Diamantina e dista cerca de 53 quilômetros da entrada princi...

Continuing the taxonomic and nomenclatural studies of the genus Microlicia, we propose 44 synonyms for 15 Brazilian species. Of these synonyms, 27 are species and 17 are varieties described in the 19th or early 20th century. Microlicia castrata, M. oxyanthera and M. oxyanthera var. albiflora are synonymized under M. acuminata; M. avicularis var. su...

Microlicia schwackeana is described as a new species from campo rupestre in Diamantina Plateau s.s. and Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state. Here, we provide a description, illustration, occurrence map, and comparison with its related morphological species. The new species share some characteristics with M. pabstii and M. sciophylla. However, M. schw...

The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiver-sity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxo-nomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impedi...

Microlicieae is one of the most diverse tribes in Melastomataceae, comprising three genera: Microlicia (including the former Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera, Stenodon, and Trembleya), Poteranthera, and Rhynchanthera. It is characterized by anthers with a prolonged pedoconnective, capsular fruits, and reniform, oblong seeds with a foveolate testa. This stud...

The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impedime...

The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiver-sity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxo-nomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impedi...

Three new species of Microlicia endemic to Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, are described here. Microlicia joaosemiriana and M. longiglandulosa are characterized by their sessile leaves, congested flowers at the apex of the branches, dimorphic stamens with tetrasporangiate and bicolorous anthers. However, M. joaosemiriana differs in havin...

Here we describe Microlicia woodgyeriana R.Romero & Paranhos, a new species from Serra do Bota, northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. We compare it with its morphologically similar species, M. crassa R.Romero, M. martiana O.Berg ex Triana, M. rugosa R.Romero & Versiane, and M. setosa DC. Additionally, we provide a distribution map, illustrations, field im...

Microlicia gertii, M. purpurata, and M. trianae from Serra do Cabral, Serra da Canastra, and Serra do Bota, Minas Gerais, Brazil, respectively, are presented here. Comprehensive descriptions of the new species, including detailed illustrations and comparisons with their relatives are provided. The statements of geographical distribution, habitat, a...

The urge to organise the world around us is an essential part of human nature. Naming and categorising enable us to store and access information ef ciently. The need to name and categorise extends to the natural world and, in particular, to living organisms. The science underpinning this area of knowledge is called Taxonomy, and is as old as humani...

Microlicieae are a monophyletic tribe comprising seven genera: Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera, Microlicia s.s., Poteranthera, Rhynchanthera, Stenodon and Trembleya. Microlicia s.s. includes 172 species predominantly distributed in the campo rupestre of Brazil. Its delimitation is complex because the generic boundaries, mostly with Lavoisiera and Trembleya...

Brazilian protected areas are essential for plant conservation in the Atlantic Forest domain, one of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots. A major challenge for improving conservation actions is to know the plant richness, protected by these areas. Online databases offer an accessible way to build plant species lists and to provide relevant informat...

Este tratamento é composto pelos seguintes táxons: Melastomataceae, Acanthella, Aciotis, Acisanthera, Adelobotrys, Appendicularia, Arthrostemma, Bellucia, Bertolonia, Bisglaziovia, Blakea, Brasilianthus, Cambessedesia, Centronia, Chaetogastra, Chaetostoma, Clidemia, Comolia, Conostegia, Desmoscelis, Dicrananthera, Eriocnema, Ernestia, Fritzschia, G...

Microlicia windischii is a new species described from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and Serra Ricardo Franco State Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. We provide a detailed description of the new species and comparisons with its morphological relatives M. acuminata, M. arenariifolia, M. consimilis, M. juniperina, and M...

It is an online publication about the List of terrestrial plant species from Caparaó National Park, available at: [https://catalogo-ucs-brasil.jbrj.gov.br]

Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) endemic to campos rupestres in Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil, are described, illustrated and compared with their putative relatives. Microlicia rugosa sp. nov. is similar to M. minutiflora and M. martiana by having fastigiate branches, ascending, lanceolate or oblanceolate leaves with obtuse ape...

Microlicia longirostrata (Melastomataceae), a new species from Goiás, is described and illustrated, and a discussion on leaf anatomy is also provided. The new species resembles M. consimilis and M. psammophila, but differs from them in having an indumentum with both short-stalked, spherical, glandular trichomes and long-stalked, glandular emergence...

The complete plastome sequence of Microlicia cogniauxiana R. Romero (Melastomataceae) (NCBI accession number MK726004), a plant endemic to the campos rupestres formations of the Brazilian savannahs, is presented in this study. A genomic unit is 155,883 bp in length, comprising 130 genes, 85 DNA coding sequences, 37 tRNAs, eight rRNAs, and 23 intron...

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...

The flora from Mato Grosso do Sul is represented by 58 species of Melastomataceae distributed in 16 genera, with the highest number of species belonging to Miconia (21 spp.) and Tibouchina (nine spp.). The Herbarium from the Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, with 313 specimens of Melastomataceae collected in the state, has the largest collecti...

A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from Goiás state is described and illustrated, and a discussion on leaf microscopy is also provided. Microlicia chrysoglandulosa sp. nov. resembles M. martiana, M. psammophila, and M. tenuifolia by the slender and fastigiate branches, triangular sepals, and stamens with tetrasporangiate thecae. However,...

Melastomataceae in RPPN of the Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil). The present study aimed to do a floristic inventory and a taxonomy treatment of Melastomataceae from the RPPN of the Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We found 28 species in 12 genera. Miconia is the most diverse w...

Resumo A Serra dos Pireneus, localizada na porção centro-oeste do estado de Goiás, está representada prioritariamente por fisionomias das formações campestres e savânicas, onde a família é bastante diversa. O presente estudo apresenta o tratamento sistemático das 77 espécies de Melastomataceae catalogadas para a Serra dos Pireneus. Espécimes deposi...

Photo guide (Field Museum) of the species of Melastomataceae that occur in Clube Caça & Pesca Itoróró Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

A new species of Microlicia from Serra do Cipó (southern Espinhaço range, Brazil) is described and illustrated. Microlicia candolleana has branches, leaves, pedicels, hypanthium and sepals covered by spherical, golden glands, sessile leaves with evident nerves on both surfaces and subulate sepals, longer or with the same length as the hypanthium.

Microlepis (DC.) Miq. (Melastomataceae) is a Brazilian genus originally recognized with four species and four varieties, which occurs in Parana, Sao Paulo, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais states, in moist areas of the Atlantic forest and cerrado domains. Its circumscription contains species with opposite and verticillate leaves, mu...

Microlicia furnensis, a new endemic species from campos rupestres of Capitólio municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by its cream petals with pale pink blotches at the apex, sessile or subsessile leaves and golden glandular trichomes and short pale trichomes covering the leaves, ped...