Andrea Ferreira da Costa

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/Museu Nacional

Mutualistic plant-pollinator interactions play a critical role in the diversification of flowering plants. The spatiotemporal correlates of such interactions can be understood in a phylogenetic context. Here, we generate ddRAD-seq data for the highly diverse Vriesea-Stigmatodon lineage to test for correlated trait evolution among pollination syndro...

Background and aims – Stigmatodon (Bromeliaceae) is a monophyletic genus currently comprising 33 species, all endemic to rocky outcrops, mainly inselbergs, from the Atlantic Forest and campos rupestres of the Espinhaço range, Brazil. Material and methods – Our fieldwork in the inselbergs of the Atlantic Forest of the state of Espírito Santo led to...

Revisions of Tillandsioideae have divided the genus Vriesea into nine genera since its last monograph, published in Flora Neotropica. Despite these efforts, the taxonomic placement of some species remains uncertain. We review the 21 species of Vriesea "incertae sedis", to assist in a new circumscription of this genus and contribute to the nomenclat...

Stigmatodon enigmaticus is described and illustrated as a new lithophytic taxon from the quartzitic Campos Rupestres within the biodiversity hotspot of the Atlantic Forest, in Minas Gerais state, Southeastern Brazil. This puzzling new species presents floral features that are unique in the genus as they are associated with ornithophily, as in most...

Dispersal strategies strongly influence an array of plant traits, especially the shape and function of fruits and seeds, and can be important drivers of diversification dynamics. In this study we investigated how fruit morphology and habitat influence dispersal capacity and diversification rate in bromeliads. We hypothesize that (1) the evolution o...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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 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 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...

Dorstenia, the second largest genus of Moraceae, comprises nine sections that are mainly found in Africa and America. Two of them are woody macrospermous, and the other seven are herbaceous microspermous. There are three sections in the Neotropics, all of which are herbaceous and taxonomically complex owing to their great morphological similarity....

The present work aims to extend the knowledge of the genus Vriesea Lindley, contributing data on the foliar anatomy of five species: Vriesea bituminosa Wawra, V. longiscapa Ule, V. triligulata Mez, V. gigantea Gaudich., and V. Josteriana L.B.Sm. Transverse and longitudinal cuts were made manually in fully expanded leaves. The usual histochemical te...

Vriesea psittacina is a widespread bromeliad species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here, we discuss nomenclatural issues of its infraspecific classification. We performed a nomenclatural revision based on the main monographs for the family Bromeliaceae. In addition, we analyzed specimens to clarify questions involving the associated binomials 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...

Bromeliaceae arose in the Early Cretaceous, diverging from Typhaceae at ca. 125 Ma. After an apparent evolutionary stasis of 100 million years, they have undergone a high diversification starting in the Miocene. By adding fossils to the phylogenies, one can infer dates of arising and the divergence of lineages and link them to geological and climat...

The Bromeliaceae are a largely Neotropical family originating in open, dry environments. Vriesea Lindl., the third largest genus of the family, is traditionally divided between two sections. About 90% of the species of the genus occur in Brazil, where the centre of diversity is the Atlantic Rainforest. Leaf morphoanatomical studies conducted on bro...

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...

Stigmatodon Leme, G.K.Br. & Barfuss is one of the most representative Bromeliaceae genera that grow on the steepest slopes of the inselbergs of southeastern Brazil. Inselberg environments are characterized as islands due to their restricted, disjunct distribution and geographical isolation. These features make these sites interesting models for evo...

Pollinators are important drivers of angiosperm diversification at both micro- and macroevolutionary scales. Both hummingbirds and bats pollinate the species-rich and morphologically diverse genus Vriesea across its distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here, we (i) determine if floral traits predict functional groups of pollinators as doc...

We provide a floristic and taxonomic treatment of Ficus sect. Americanae for the Brazilian state of Acre. The section is represented in Acre by 30 species. Ficus dugandii and F. pastasana are reported from Brazil for the first time. We reestablish several species, among them F. regularis (previously considered a synonym of F. trigona) and F. mathew...

Vriesea mimosoensis is described and illustrated as a new taxon from the Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil. Morphological comparisons of this taxon with related species are presented. Here we discuss taxonomy comments, etymology, geographical distribution and the conservation status of this new species.

Aim To provide distribution information and preliminary conservation assessments for all species of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae), one of the most diverse and ecologically important plant groups of the American tropics—a global biodiversity hotspot. Furthermore, we aim to analyse patterns of diversity, endemism and the conservation status of...

Aim: Understanding the complex interaction and relative contributions of factors involved in species and trait diversification is crucial to gain insights into the evolution of Neotropical biodiversity. Here, we investigated the drivers of morphological variation in bromeliads along a latitudinal gradient in a biodiversity hotspot. Location: Atl...

Subtribe Vrieseinae comprise four genera, Alcantarea, Stigmatodon, Vriesea s.s. and Waltillia, encompassing c. 20% of species in Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), almost all of which are exclusive to Brazil. Here, we explore the biogeographic history of Vrieseinae, sampling 21 of the 22 genera of Tillandsioideae (130 terminals) and three DNA sequence...

Lectotypes are designated for 17 names in the genus Ficus: Ficus ajajuensis, F. alvareziana, F. bullenei, F. crocata, F. galeata, F. gramalotensis, F. havanensis, F. juruensis, F. leavensii var. thinophila, F. matiziana, F. rufa, F. squamulosa, F. standleyana, F. trigona, F. venosissima, F. vulpina and F. wuiana.

Premise: Despite the efforts to understand the processes that shape neotropical biodiversity, the complexity of certain biomes, such as the Atlantic Forest (AF), prevents the generalization of patterns. Initially, ecological niche modeling (ENM), with phylogeographic studies, identified past stable areas in the central and northern portions of the...

Resumo O Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (PARNASO) localiza-se na região serrana do estado do Rio de Janeiro e representa uma importante unidade de conservação brasileira, guardando importantes ecossistemas da Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil. Apresenta-se um estudo florístico-taxonômico dos gêneros Edmundoa, Neoregelia e Wittrockia (Bromeli...

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...

Epiphytes are hyper‐diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non‐vas...

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 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 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 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 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 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 genus Vriesea encompasses many species of difficult delimitation, including Vriesea incurvata, which shows wide morphological variation throughout its distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Six other taxa are morphologically similar to V. incurvata: V. atrococcinea, V. joyae (with two varieties), V. sucrei, andV. taritubensis (with two...

We report the first records of Tillandsia kegeliana, T. loliacea, T. paraensis, T. parvispica, T. recurvata , and T. tenuifolia for Maranhão, Brazil. These species were collected in the Amazonian and Cerrado biomes. This work adds new knowledge to the flora of Maranhão and extends the distribution of these species within Brazil.

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 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 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...

Amorim, André M.A.; Amorim, Bruno S.; Amorim, Vivian O.; Andrade, Ivanilza M.; André, Thiago; Andreata, Regina H.P.; Andrino, Caroline O.; Angulo, María B.; Antar, Guilherme M.; Aona, Lidyanne Y.S.; Arana, Marcelo; Aranha Filho, João L.M.; Araújo, Andréa O.; Araújo, Camila C.; Araújo, Cintia A.T.; Araújo, Mário H.T.; Asprino, Renata C.; Assis, Fran...

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 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 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...

To shed light on the diversity of Amazonian bromeliads, this work is composed of a systematic analysis of Amazonian bromeliad species, the checklist of species, distribution modeling to fill the collection gaps and biogeography to understand which historical factors influence and influenced the distribution of Bromeliaceae in South America

A new, critically endangered taxon, Vriesea mourae, endemic to the Serra da Bocaina mountains in southeastern Brazil, is described. We provide data on its conservation status, etymological and taxonomic notes, photographs, and illustrations. The taxon is morphologically similar to V. warmingii, differing mainly in the shorter blade, diameter of ped...

In the eighteenth century, José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo in his work Flora Fluminensis, sought to expand the floristic knowledge of Rio de Janeiro and surroundings. This was the first flora of Brazil written and edited by a native naturalist. However, the existence and location of the type material of species described in this work are not know...

A checklist of 11 genera and 41 species of Bromeliaceae occurring in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) is presented. Of the total number of species, fi ve are endemic and belong to the genera Dyckia and Tillandsia. The subfamily Pitcairnioideae is the richest in number of genera and species, including taxa that are rare in Brazil (Deuterocohnia...

Vriesea Lindl. (Bromeliaceae) has its center of diversity in eastern Brazil, especially in the Atlantic Rainforest domain. The present study extended the distribution of V. agostiniana to São Paulo state and V. saltensis to Espírito Santo state; they were previously considered endemic to single locations in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Ge...

Amorim, André M.A.; Amorim, Bruno S.; Amorim, Vivian O.; Andrade, Ivanilza M.; André, Thiago; Andreata, Regina H.P.; Andrino, Caroline O.; Angulo, María B.; Antar, Guilherme M.; Aona, Lidyanne Y.S.; Arana, Marcelo; Aranha Filho, João L.M.; Araújo, Andréa O.; Araújo, Camila C.; Araújo, Cintia A.T.; Araújo, Mário H.T.; Asprino, Renata C.; Assis, Fran...

The infraspecific taxon Vriesea gradata Mez var. bicolor E. Pereira & I. A. Penna is elevated to the rank of species and given the new name V. fluviatilis Kessous & A. F. Costa, and the taxonomy and geographical distribution of this species are discussed.

The authors reestablish Dyckia oligantha and D. nana, considered synonymous of D. saxatilis and D. macedoi, respectively, on the basis of newly collected specimens from the type localities. Multivariate analysis of vegetative and reproductive characters on natural populations of the species of the D. macedoi complex were performed, allowing the rec...

Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos is located between the cities of Teresópolis, Petrópolis, Guapimirim and Magé including from Low Montane Rainforest to High Altitude Fields. Bromeliaceae has about 3.503 species distributed in 59 genera. Canistropsis and Nidularium are endemic of Brazil and have their diversity center in the Atlantic Forest Domai...

The genus Maria Vianna was proposed by Vianna et al. (2013: 290) for a small group of the tribe Dorstenieae (Moraceae), components of the undergrowth in the rainforests of tropical Africa. However, as the authors chose a later homonym, Maria M.D.M.Vianna is an illegitimate name (Art. 53.1 of the ICN, McNeill et al. 2012). This was discovered after...