Elton John De Lirio

University of São Paulo | USP · Department of Botany

With ca. 60 species, Mollinedia is the second most diverse genus of Monimiaceae and the richest genus of the family in the Neotropics. In Brazil, the Atlantic Forest is the richest biome for Mollinedia, with 34 species, most of which are endemic to this biome. Here we describe a new species of Mollinedia endemic to Rio de Janeiro state, based partl...

This synopsis of Monimiaceae in the Brazilian Amazon provides illustrations, an identification key, the diagnosis and comments on the taxonomy and conservation status of the species. Data were collected from both physical and virtual herbaria as well as from relevant literature in order to compile information on morphological characteristics, geogr...

Background The "Serra da Concórdia" is part of the Atlantic Forest phytogeographical domain in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and it has a predominant phytophysiognomy of Semideciduous Seasonal Forest. This region underwent intense habitat loss and fragmentation during the 19th century, due to coffee plantations and later pastures. With the...

The present work deals with the family Siparunaceae in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The family comprises 53 species in two genera, Siparuna Aubl. of Neotropical distribution and Glossocalyx Benth (monotypic) occurring in Western Africa. In Brazil, Siparunaceae is represented by the genus Siparuna with 20 species, with the Amazon as its center of div...

O Parque Estadual Mata das Flores (PEMF) é uma Unidade de Conservação de Proteção Integral situada no município de Castelo, ao sul do estado do Espírito Santo, entre as coordenadas 20°35'54"S e 41°10'53"W. Ele foi criado em outubro de 1992 pela Lei Estadual nº 4.617. O Parque ocupa uma área de aproximadamente 800 hectares com altitudes que variam e...

Angiosperms are the cornerstone of most terrestrial ecosystems and human livelihoods1,2. A robust understanding of angiosperm evolution is required to explain their rise to ecological dominance. So far, the angiosperm tree of life has been determined primarily by means of analyses of the plastid genome3,4. Many studies have drawn on this foundation...

Plinia renatiana is a species endemic to the state of Espírito Santo (ES) and has been assessed as endangered (EN). The species was described in the 1990s based on two samples from the municipality of Linhares. Subsequently, other materials were identified as belonging to the species. However, this set of materials exhibits heterogeneous morphology...

Aristolochia hypoglauca and A. paulistana (Aristolochiaceae) are two species that inhabit the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. They highly resemble each other especially on the size and overall shape of the caudate perianth, which causes confusion in herbaria determinations. We applied geometric morphometrics (GM) to overcome this taxonomic uncertainty....

We provide a description and illustration of Mollinedia lorencei , sp. nov. The species exhibits morphological similarities and is compared to both M. lamprophylla and M. dolichotricha . Furthermore, we provide comments on the taxonomy, ecology, geographic distribution and conservation status of this new species.

Premise Magnoliidae are a strongly supported clade of angiosperms. Previous phylogenetic studies based primarily on analyses of a limited number of mostly plastid markers have led to the current classification of magnoliids into four orders and 18 families. However, uncertainty remains regarding the placement of several families. Methods Here we p...

Monimiaceae comprises approximately 26 genera and 250 species, with a pantropical distribution, predominantly occurring in humid forests. In Brazil, it is represented by five genera and 47 species, most of which are found in the Atlantic Forest, particularly in dense ombrophilous forest. Nevertheless, studies on this family in other biomes and vege...

Mollinedia (Monimiaceae) presents numerous microendemic species, and its centre of diversity is in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, where more than half of the species occur. The taxonomy of microendemic species can be challenging because their morphological and genetic variations can be interpreted as a response to geographic isolation rather th...

The present study is part of the Flora of Espírito Santo project and aimed to survey and describe the morphological diversity of species of Bixaceae from Espírito Santo state, Brazil, as well as to provide data on geographical distribution, biology, and habitat of these species. To do so, fieldwork was carried out in several areas of Espírito Santo...

Mollinedia myriantha Perkins (Monimiaceae) is a tropical tree described by Perkins (1900) based on a collection of the French botanist Auguste F. M. Glaziou collected in 1892 in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The species was rediscovered in 2015 after 123 years, from Glaziou's report at the type locality, however, in subseq...

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 94 (2023): e945088 Taxonomía y sistemática Registros nuevos y comentarios taxonómicos en Acanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Asteraceae y Monimiaceae para el bosque Atlántico de Brasil New records and taxonomic comments in Acanthaceae, *Autor para correspondencia: danilozavatin@ib.usp.br (Danilo A. Zavatin)...

Mollinedia arianeae Lírio & M.Pignal, sp. nov. (Mollinedieae, Mollinedioideae, Monimiaceae): uma nova espécie microendémica da Mata Atlântica no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Neste artigo, descrevemos Mollinedia arianeae Lírio & M.Pignal, sp. nov., uma nova espécie microendêmica do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasi...

A Reserva Biológica do Tinguá é uma Unidade de Conservação de Proteção Integral localizada em seis municípios: Nova Iguaçu, Duque de Caxias, Petrópolis, Miguel Pereira, Queimados e Japeri. Encontra-se situada no limite entre a Serra do Mar e a Baixada Fluminense entre as coordenadas geográficas 22°22'20", 22°45'00" S; 43°05'40", 43°40'00" W. Está i...

Grazielanthus is a monotypic, dioecious and microendemic plant genus of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Its only species, Grazielanthus arkeocarpus , is categorized as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List and comprises only one small population, in the Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, Rio de Janeiro State. Collaborative activities have been...

Encounters between flowers and invertebrates are key events for the functioning of tropical forests. Assessing the structure of networks composed of the interactions between those partners leads to a better understanding of ecosystem functioning and the effects of environmental factors on ecological processes. Gathering such data is, however, costl...

A Floresta Nacional do Tapajós (Flona Tapajós) é uma unidade de conservação (UC) de uso sustentável criada através do Decreto n° 73.684, de 19 de fevereiro de 1974. Delimitada a oeste pelo rio Tapajós e a leste pela rodovia BR-163, ao longo de sua história sua área original foi modificada diversas vezes, possuindo atualmente 527.319 hectares locali...

No presente trabalho é apresentado o estudo taxonômico de Siparunaceae como parte do projeto “Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil”. A família está representada na região por três espécies: Siparuna brasiliensis (Spreng.) A.DC., Siparuna guianensis Aubl. e Siparuna reginae (Tul.) A.DC. São apresentados descrições morfológicas, ilustrações e...

Myristicaceae (Magnoliales) possui c. 20 gêneros e 500 espécies, com distribuição tropical e subtropical no globo. O presente estudo visa a elaboração do tratamento taxonômico da família no âmbito do projeto “Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais”. Myristicaceae é representada na região por uma espécie, Virola bicuhyba, endêmica da Mata Atlântica. S...

Two new occurrences of Aristolochia in Brazil are reported here. Aristolochia cremersii, hitherto known from French Guiana, was collected in Oriximiná/Pará, and A. argentina, with previously known distribution in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, was recorded in Bodoquena/Mato Grosso do Sul. The latter species was identified based on photographic re...

Vitex comprises c. 250 species in a pantropical distribution, with 34 species recognised for Brazil. During fieldwork in remnants of the Atlantic Forest showing vegetation associated with inselbergs in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, a unique, unmatched unifoliolate species of Vitex was found. Based on herbaria consultation and literature revi...

Bixa is a Neotropical genus with four to five species recognized and meaningful economic importance due to Bixa orellana, the source of annatto, widely used as a condiment and food coloring. Despite this importance, the genus has had little attention in recent taxonomic studies, and the principal monograph for the genus is outdated and remains unpu...

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...

Winteraceae (Canellales) is represented by the genera Drimys, Pseudowintera, Takhtajania, Tasmannia, and Zygogynum, corresponding to approximately 100 species. Only Drimys occurs in Brazil, with three species: Drimys angustifolia, D. brasiliensis and D. roraimensis. The present work was based on consultations in national and international herbaria,...

Chloranthaceae comprises four genera and about 70 species. In Brazil, the family is represented by Hedyosmum, with three species, occurring in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Atlantic forest. In the state of Espírito Santo, the family is represented by Hedyosmum brasiliense. In this study we provide a morphological description, geographic distribution, ph...

Papaveraceae comprises 40 genera and approximately 770 species. In Brazil, it is represented by four genera and eight species, all cultivated or naturalized. In the state of Espírito Santo, the family is represented by Argemone mexicana, for which we present the morphological description, geographical distribution, photographs, and comments.

Mollinedia myriantha Perkins (Monimiaceae) is a tropical tree described by Perkins (1900) based on a collection of the French botanist Auguste F. M. Glaziou collected in 1892 in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The species was rediscovered in 2015 after 123 years from Glaziou's report in the type locality, however, in subsequ...

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened biomes in the world. Despite that, this biome still includes many areas that are poorly known floristically, including several protected areas, such as the "Floresta Nacional do Rio Preto" ("Flona do Rio Preto"), located in the Brazilian State of Espírito Santo. This study used a published vascular...

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened biomes in the world. Despite that, this biome still includes many areas that are poorly known floristically, including several protected areas, such as the "Floresta Nacional do Rio Preto" ("Flona do Rio Preto"), located in the Brazilian State of Espírito Santo. This study used a published vascular...

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...

A família Aristolochiaceae é caracterizada principalmente pos serem trepadeiras, ocasionalmente ervas, arbustos ou subarbustos. Folhas alternas (subopostas em Asarum), lâmina inteira ou lobada. Flores dispostas em inflorescência ou mais frequentemente isoladas. Perigônio uniseriado (bisseriado em Saruma), gamossépalo, 1–6-mero, actinomorfo ou zigom...

Background – Studies of neotropical Monimiaceae revealed a new species of Mollinedia endemic to the state of Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil. In this study, we describe, illustrate, and compare the new species with related taxa. In addition, ecological comments and extinction risk assessment of the new species are provided.Methods – This study was b...

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...

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...

O estudo taxonômico de Monimiaceae é aqui apresentado como parte do projeto “Flora da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil”. A família está representada na área por dois gêneros e três espécies: Macropeplus ligustrinus (Tul.) Perkins, Mollinedia argyrogyna Perkins e Mollinedia oligantha Perkins. São apresentados chaves de identificação para os gêner...

Never before has the biosphere, the thin layer of life we call home, been under such intensive and urgent threat. Deforestation rates have soared as we have cleared land to feed ever-more people, global emissions are disrupting the climate system, new pathogens threaten our crops and our health, illegal trade has eradicated entire plant populations...

Plant and fungal biodiversity support all life on earth and merit careful stewardship in an increasingly uncertain environment. However, gaps and biases in documented extinction risks to plant and fungal species impede effective management. Formal extinction risk assessments help avoid extinctions, through engagement, financial or legal mechanisms,...

Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi project provides assessments of our current knowledge of the diversity of plants and fungi on Earth, the global threats that they face, and the policies to safeguard them. Produced in conjunction with an international scientific symposium, Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi sets an important inte...

Brazil is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, with about 37,000 species of land plants. Part of this biodiversity is within protected areas. The development of online databases in the last years greatly improved the available biodiversity data. However, the existing databases do not provide information about the protected areas in wh...

The present study characterizes the only species of the Monimiaceae family registered in Reserva Ducke. Collections from the reserve were analyzed from exsiccatae deposited in the INPA, P and RB herbaria. One species of the genus Mollinedia is recorded for the reserve, Mollinedia grazielae, reported here for the first time to Brazil. We present spe...

Aristolochia bahiensis F. González and Aristolochia hypoglauca Kuhlm. are reported as new records to the flora of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, and additionally we provide a discussion about morphological differences between Aristolochia tamnifolia (Klotzsch) Duch. and A. bahiensis. We present photographs, a geographic distribution map, and morphol...

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...

Resumo Monimiaceae, uma família basal de Angiospermas, compreende 28 gêneros e aproximadamente 220 espécies que ocorrem predominantemente em florestas úmidas. No Brasil está representada por cinco gêneros e cerca de 43 espécies. A Mata Atlântica é considerada um dos centros de diversidade da família e nela ocorrem os cinco gêneros representados no...

The plant Mollinedia stenophylla Perkins (Monimiaceae) is endemic to southern Brazil and, until 2015, had not been seen for 122 years. We located a single population of the species on the margin of a watercourse in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state. We describe the location of the species, comment on its morphology, ecology and conserv...

The Brazilian botanist F. C. Hoehne contributed to the knowledge of several families, mainly Orchidaceae and Aristolochiaceae. In Aristolochia, he published 29 new species, six varieties/subspecies, most of them without formal designation of holotypes, and four combinations at specific or infraspecific level. Herein, taxonomic novelties, including...

A new species of Aristolochia from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil is here described: A. insolita, from Rio de Janeiro, which belongs to subser. Hexandrae. This species, based on current knowledge, has a restricted distribution and does not occur in any conservation unit. A description, illustration, morphological comparisons, geographic distribution...

Piper Linnaeus (1753:28) is a Pantropical genus that comprises about 2000 species (Quijano-Abril et al. 2006). This genus is economically important because is widely used as spice, as P. nigrum Linnaeus (1753:28) (black pepper) and as a medicinal plant across the world. Babu et al. (1993) described a new species and a variety to the genus from Sout...

Aristolochia zebrina is described, illustrated and discussed in comparison with the two most similar species, A. papillaris Mast. and A. tamnifolia (Klotzsch) Duch. The new species is distinguished from its relatives mainly by the ellipsoid utricle, the narrowly ovate, revolute, and efimbriate floral limb with dark purple longitudinal stripes insid...

In this contribution we describe and illustrate Mollinedia dolichotricha, a new species of the section Appendiculatae Perkins. The new species is morphologically close to M. argyrogyna. We also comment on the taxonomy, ecology, affinities with related species, and conservation status of the new species.

An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country’s biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 specialists working online. Brazil is home to 32,086 native Angiosperms and 23 native Gymnosperms, sh...

An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country’s biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 specialists working online. Brazil is home to 32,086 native Angiosperms and 23 native Gymnosperms, sh...

Macrotorus is a dioecious, monotypic genus that is endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, where it occurs in lowland, submontane and montane forests; different from most other Monimiaceae in Atlantic rainforest, which are restricted to dense, humid, montane forests. Here, an updated description of Macrotorus utriculatus is provided, includin...

We present here the first record of Peperomia armondii, P. hispidula and P. mandioccana for the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Taxonomic comments, a distribution map and images of these species are presented.

Aristolochia disticha was originally described based on a specimen collected by R. Spruce in Santarem (Pará, Brazil). Unfortunately, the specimen lacks flowers and fruits, although it has four slender, ramiflorous inflorescences that distinguish the species. Here we fully describe the species, based on the holotype and additional flowering and frui...

Extinction risk assessments of monimiaceae species for the Rare Cerrado Species Red List.

Based on previously published morphological and molecular analyses, a new classification for subtribe Maxillariinae (Orchidaceae) was proposed, and various genera were newly segregated. Among the combinations for species in those genera, three were not in accordance with the ICN. Here we propose three new combinations and a new synonym.

Version of Record (identical to print version). TAXON 63 (4) • August 2014: 948 De Lirio & Freitas • (14) Hopea and Hopia (14) Request for a binding decision on whether Hopea Roxb. (Dipterocarpaceae) and Hopia Zuloaga & Morrone (Poaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused Hopea Roxb. () [Angiosp.: Dipterocarp.] Hopea was described in 1811 by...