Felipe Fajardo Barberena

• Dr.
• Researcher at Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

A new epiphytic species of Epidendrum from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and illustrated. Epidendrum campos-portoi grows in Upper-Montane Ombrophilous Forest in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, southeastern Brazil. The new species differs from E. subpurum, the morphologically closest species, mainly in the thinner, cylindrical stem, no...

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest contains a mega diversity of seed plants. The Parque Nacional do Itatiaia is a large and mature Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. It includes around 10% of the Brazilian orchids and is considered a priority area for conservation. We recognized 33 species of the neotropical and very ornamental subtribe Lae...

Vanilla palmarum is an obligately epiphytic orchid distributed widely throughout South America with emblematic specificity for species of palms. This epiphyte-phorophyte association was examined through the analysis of specimens available via the database of Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental and from Brazilian herbaria. We recognized nin...

Catasetum gardneri is an ornamental orchid endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest that occurs mainly as a terrestrial species in shrubby restinga vegetation, within thicket clumps of Lagenocarpus rigidus (Cyperaceae). We investigated the interspe-cific relationship between these species and evaluated the abundance and structure of two subpopulati...

Vascular epiphytes stand out in tropical forests in terms of diversity. However, no comprehensive review of the group in the Amazon region has been performed so far. We carried out a literature review on the scientific knowledge of vascular epiphytes in the Amazon aiming to identify the main gaps, limitations and perspectives for studies on the sub...

We present an updated list of Orchidaceae species and their distribution data in the mesoregions of the state of Pará, Brazil, based on a systematic review of the literature and analysis of herbarium voucher specimens (and their labels) to confirm the occurrences of the species in the state. Our list has 434 species belonging to 98 genera; 209 spec...

Epidendrum purpureocaulis is a recently described species, belonging to the group Epidendrum nocturnum, and was previously known only from French Guiana. Epidendrum ancipitinocturnum was described from the Brazilian State of Amazonas, and was later recognized as conspecific with E. purpureocaulis by several orchidologists, a position with which we...

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is home to more than 1,000 epiphytic orchid species. Palm trees are a conspicuous element in the Atlantic Coast restingas (environments characterized by high abiotic stress). We aimed to investigate whether orchids showed specificity for palm species and phorophyte strata (stem or crown) in a restinga area located in a...

Epidendrum ×doroteae (Orchidaceae), a natural hybrid between Epidendrum ciliare and Epidendrum nocturnum, was hitherto known only from a few specimens collected during the 1940s–1990s in Honduras, Central America. Epidendrum ×doroteae is recorded here for the first time in Nicaragua and in South America, in Brazil. We found three clusters of indivi...

We aimed to characterize the floristic composition, detect the life forms, and provide an identification key for the macrophyte species of the Capitão Poço river micro-basin in the State of Pará, located in the Eastern Amazon. The collected specimens were identified and deposited in the HCP herbarium. We found 23 species distributed in 19 genera an...

White-sand vegetation (campinarana) is a type of vegetation restricted to oligotrophic and highly leached white sand soils in the Amazon phytogeographic domain that includes grassland to forest phytophysiognomies. Campinaranas cover about 5% of this phytogeographic domain and are impacted by various anthropic activities that put plant species, espe...

Background and Aims: Bahia is one of the Brazilian states with the greatest diversity of orchids. Species restricted to microhabitats or forming small populations, being subject to local suppression, have been reported for restingas of the state. The north coast of Bahia has recently been exposed to intense anthropic pressures, including disordered...

The Brazilian Amazon encompasses about 29% of the orchid species in Brazil. With the aim of contributing to the knowledge of the Amazonian flora, a taxonomic study of Orchidaceae was carried out in a forest fragment in the municipality of Capitão Poço, located in the Belém Endemism Center, the most deforested area in the Amazon. The fragment is loc...

Background and Aims: Vanilla is one of the well-known genera of the family Orchidaceae due to the ornamental, medicinal and culinary attributes of some of its taxa. The genus is pantropical and has about 120 species mostly found in the Neotropics. The objective of this study was to report the occurrence of V. karenchristianae in the Brazilian Atlan...

The municipality of Igarapé-Miri is located in the Endemism Center of Belém, which corresponds to the most deforested portion of the Brazilian Amazon with only 38% of its native forest remaining. The family Orchidaceae has several endemic taxa and expressive diversity in the Amazon phytogeographic domain, including in the state of Pará where 97 gen...

Abstract The importance of Barbosa Rodrigues’ works for science is indisputable and their impact on the knowledge of the orchid flora of Brazil deserves a special mention. Here we present a summary of the main contributions of Barbosa Rodrigues to Orchidaceae, the second largest botanical family in Brazil. We quantified the contribution of Barbosa...

Abstract Psarocolius decumanus (crested oropendola) (Icteridae) is a neotropical bird whose reproductive biology is well studied. Its nests consist of pendulous bags up to 2-m long usually made of Tillandsia usneoides (Bromeliaceae) with dry leaves lining up the incubation chamber. Several materials from different botanical families have been repor...

Promenaea Lindley (1843: 13) is a genus of orchids endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Barberena 2014, Barberena et al. 2016). Promenaea species are recognized by their ovoid to ovoid-oblong, compressed, sometimes four-angled pseudobulbs, 1-3-leaved at the apex; green to grey-green leaves, paler abaxially; 1(2)-flowered inflorescences; latera...

Citation: Barberena FFVA, Da Silva R, Lopes RC. 2022. Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha. Caldasia 44(1):30-40. doi: https://doi.org/10.15446/ caldasia.v41n1.88156 • Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha...

In the process of preparing an updated species list of Orchidaceae for the state of Pará, Brazil (“Flora do Pará: Orchidaceae” Project), relevant literature, type material, additional herbarium specimens, botanical illustrations, photographs and living plants, mainly of Amazonian taxa, were analyzed. This treatment revealed the need for a better un...

Vascular epiphytes are one of the most important forest components, contributing to microclimatic maintenance. These plants find ideal conditions for development in the Amazon due to the spatial heterogeneity and high temperature and humidity typical of this biome. In recent years, the Brazilian Amazon has undergone dramatic changes in its landscap...

Variegated species are highly appreciated for their unique aesthetics. Although often confused, variegation and chimerism are distinct phenomena. Chimerism can also cause variation in the color of plant organs, but it is a specific type of genetic mosaic. Limited information is available on variegation and chimerism in Orchidaceae. Here, the first...

Spatial diStribution of Vanilla bahiana (orchidaceae) in two reStinga phytophySiognomieS. doeS the Spatial pattern vary?— Vanilla bahiana is an orchid restricted to Brazil, extremely ornamental, threatened with extinction and with economic potential. We evaluated the spatial distribution pattern of V. bahiana in shrub and restinga forest formations...

Orchidaceae is a megadiverse botanical family in Brazil, particularly in the Atlantic Forest where it is a priority group for conservation. Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (PARNA Itatiaia) was the first conservation unit established in Brazil, and represents a large and mature remnant of Atlantic Forest. Updated data on richness, distribution and conse...

Amazonia occupies approximately 60% of Brazil and hosts one-third of the country’s orchids. Pará state contains a significant portion of the Brazilian Amazon, the orchidological flora of which has become better documented in the last few decades. The municipality of Abaetetuba comprises several islands predominated by floodplain forest of ombrophil...

Área de Proteção Ambiental das Lagoas e Dunas do Abaeté (APA Abaeté) is an urban fragment of restinga in an environmentally protected area in the municipality of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The area is impacted by irregular disposal of solid waste, clandestine removal of sand from dunes, suppression and fragmentation of original vegetation cover and u...

Resumo: O herbário da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia-campus Capitão Poço (HCP), localizado no nordeste do estado do Pará, abriga 19 gêneros, 26 espécies e 49 espécimes de Orchidaceae, que correspondem a 7,4% do acervo. Os principais coletores são integrantes do grupo de pesquisa "Núcleo de Pesquisas em Epífitas". Notylia lyrata e Catasetum...

Citation: Barberena FFVA, da Costa DLL, Rocha Jr JAL (2020) Re-discovery of Catasetum mojuense (Orchidaceae: Catasetinae), a poorly-known Amazonian species. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 15(4): 447-452. Abstract The re-discovery of Catasetum mojuense A.T. Oliveira & J.B.F. Silva (Orchidaceae), an Amazonian species described in 1999 from th...

The Neotropical genus Palmorchis (Orchidaceae) contains 38 species distributed from Nicaragua to Peru, including northern Brazil. The genus is characterized by whitish or greenish tubular flowers with morphologically similar sepals and petals, a generally trilobed lip basally adnated to the gynostemium, and a gynostemium with a more or less curved...

Abstract: The Área de Proteção Ambiental das Lagoas e Dunas do Abaeté (APA Abaeté) is an environmentally protected restinga fragment located in an urban area in the municipality of Salvador, the third most populous municipality in Brazil. We presented an updated list of Orchidaceae in APA Abaeté, including data on population size, aiming to support...

Vanilla is the most well-known and economically important genus of Orchidaceae in the world. Vanilla bahiana is restricted to Brazil and its conservation status was recently assessed as ‘Endangered’. The species is phylogenetically closely related to V. planifolia, whose pods are the main natural source of vanillin. The primary desirable traits for...

Bahia - Orchidaceae of the Lagoas e Dunas do Abaeté Protected Area

Orchidaceae da Área de Proteção Ambiental Palmares, Paty dos Alferes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Resumo: Estudos sobre a ecologia da polinização de espécies do gênero Vanilla Mill. são dificultados por diversas características florais e redução populacional. A biologia floral e reprodutiva de V. bahiana Hoehne, uma espécie endêmica do Brasil, foi estudada ao longo de duas épocas de floração (2014/2015 e 2015/2016) em uma área de restinga na zo...

Brazil holds most of the Atlantic Forest Domain and is also one of the Rubiaceae diversity centers in the Neotropics. Despite the urban expansion in the state of Rio de Janeiro, large areas of continuous vegetation with high connectivity degree can still be found. Recently, new Rubiaceae species have been described in the Rio de Janeiro flora, whic...

The enigmatic Promenaea rollissonii alliance (Orchidaceae) was established by Pabst and Dungs in 1977 and included P. lentiginosa (Lindl.) Lindl., P. riograndensis Schltr., and P. rollissonii (Lindl.) Lindl. This alliance has been taxonomically reexamined, with study of types and other collections from American and European herbaria, recent fieldwo...

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...

Zygopetalinae of Brazil

During studies toward a new monograph of Promenaea, a new species was discovered in Southeastern Brazil. Promenaea viridiflora is found in the Atlantic Forest, where it is restricted to São Paulo state. The color of the flower, apex of sepals and petals and callus lip are diagnostic characters that distinguish it from P. stapelioides, the morpholog...

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is considered a global hotspot for biodiversity although it is currently threatened and highly fragmented. Orchidaceae in this phytogeographical domain is represented by 148 genera, of which 142 are endemic; Rio de Janeiro State contains approximately one third of all Brazilian orchid species. The Wildlife Protection Z...

Orchidaceae is one of the largest and most diverse plant families in the world. The number of floristic studies of this family in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, has increased significantly in recent years. However, only a few such studies have been conducted in areas of restinga vegetation and none of those have examined the similarity, in terms of...

Resumo: Periódicos brasileiros em botânica têm sido analisados através de índices bibliométricos. A revista Orquidário é classificada como B3 no qualis da CAPES e publica exclusivamente artigos sobre orquídeas. Utilizando-se a revista como um marco inicial, realizou-se uma análise das publicações científicas sobre Orchidaceae no Brasil. Constatou-s...

Even though many new combinations have been proposed for the genera Anathallis Barb.Rodr. and Specklinia Lindl., since their re-establishment in 2001, several Brazilian species bearing the characteristics of these genera were never transferred from Pleurothallis R.Br. sensu lato. In this work 17 Brazilian species formerly attributed to Pleurothalli...

Melastomataceae in the forest remnants of Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil). It is presented a taxonomic study of the Melastomataceae family occurring in the forest remnants of Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, which is located in the southeast of Minas Gerais State, between 800-1.784 m alt. In that area, there are 21 species belonging...

3 Doutoranda do JBRJ; Bolsista CAPES. berechiavegatto@jbrj.gov.br RESUMO (Melastomataceae no Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Sudeste do Brasil: tribos Bertolonieae e Merianieae) Realizou-se o estudo taxonômico de Melastomataceae, tribos Bertolonieae e Merianieae, no Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, situado entre os limites dos estados do Rio de Janeiro e...

The taxonomic study of the tribes Bertolonieae and Merianieae (Melastomataceae) in the Itatiaia National Park is presented. This conservation unit is located between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states, where one species of each Bertolonia, Behuria, Huberia and Meriania were found. Identification keys of all the Melastomataceae genera found with...