Joelcio Freitas

Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA

We describe and illustrate Aristolochia assisii, a new species assigned to subseries Anthocaulicae. This subseries is characterized by the presence of extremely short and ramiflorous racemes in which each flower is subtended by a small bract. The inflorescences and the flowers of the new species are morphologically similar to those found in three w...

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...

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...

The main purpose of this study was to update the list of tree species monitored in an undisturbed forest at the Santa Lúcia Biological Station (SLBS), in the highlands of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. At this site, trees and palms with a DBH ≥ 6.4 cm have been monitored by surveying permanent plots totaling 1.02 ha. Surveys were carried out...

Leitão (MBML): passado, presente e futuro Resumo O herbário MBML (Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão) foi criado por Augusto Ruschi em 1940 com o objetivo de resguardar a diversidade peculiar da região central da Mata Atlântica, especialmente de Santa Teresa. Esse estudo abordou as fases de desenvolvimento e crescimento do MBML desde sua criação...

Aristolochia comprises about 450 species, occurring mainly in tropical regions. Here, we record for the first time Aristolochia wankeana in Brazil, specifically in two municipalities in the state of Amazonas (Presidente Figueiredo and Rio Preto da Eva). Previously, this species had only been recorded in Guyana and French Guiana. We provide the spec...

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....

A Área de Proteção Ambiental Mestre Álvaro (APAMA) foi criada pela Lei Estadual nº 3.075 de 09 de agosto de 1976, como Reserva Biológica e Parque Florestal, e, em 1991, teve sua categoria de manejo alterada para Área de Proteção Ambiental pela Lei Estadual nº 4.507/1991. É uma Unidade de Conservação da região metropolitana de Vitória, que se locali...

Blumenavia baturitensis recently described for the Ceará State, Northeast Brazil, is reported for the first time from Espírito Santo State, Southeastern, Brazil. We present a description, photographs of microscopical and macroscopic structures, phylogenetic analyses, and distribution map of this species. Its conservation status, according to the mo...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The work presents an identification key for the species of the genus Aristolochia L. (Aristolochiaceae) of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, as well as morphological descriptions, taxonomic and phytogeographic comments, and detailed photographs of Aristolochia chiquitensis Duch., A. goudotii Duch. and A. hoehneana O.C.Schmidt. These three species a...

Aristolochiaceae (order Piperales) traditionally comprises about 600 species and four genera: Aristolochia Linnaeus (1753: 960), Asarum Linnaeus (1753: 442), Saruma Oliver (1889: Pl. 1895) and Thotthea Rottbøll (1783: 529) (González 1990: 2012). Aristolochia is the most diversified genus of the family with about 550 species (González 2012). During...

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...

Aristolochia wankeana (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from French Guiana and Guyana, is described and illustrated here. Floral traits, primarily of the shape and size of the perianth limb, examined through a morphometric geometric analysis, are diagnostic to distinguish the new species from its relatives A. cornuta and A. iquitensis. The species...

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...

Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Papilionidae, Troidini) has a close ecological relationship with species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), which has been treated as an example of coevolution. All species of the Troidini feed almost exclusively on Aristolochia. Here we report a case of herbivory by B. polydamas on Aristolochia hypoglauca from E...

We describe and illustrateAristolochia lorenae, a new species found in the state of Pará, Brazil. The new species is assigned to subseries AnthocaulicaeF. Gonz´alez, which is characterized by the presence of extremely short cauliflorous and/or ramiflorous racemes that have shortened internodes and flowers subtended by a small bract. We provide a ta...

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...

Resumo Aristolochiaceae Juss. (Piperales) é constituída por aproximadamente 600 espécies, das quais 550 pertencem ao gênero Aristolochia, sendo o Brasil representado por 92 espécies, 39 delas na Mata Atlântica. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo documentar a diversidade taxonômica de Aristolochiaceae no estado do Espírito Santo (ES). Expedições...

We present the first voucher-based record of Pouteria macrocarpa for Brazilian Atlantic forest and extend the occurrence area of it. Besides, a brief taxonomic description, an identification key for lignified-fruits Pouteria species, and information about phenology and herbarium records are provided. According to the IUCN Red List and the Red Book...

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...

Elaphoglossum Schott ex J.Sm. (in Smith 1841: 148) is a worldwide genus and comprises about 600 species. A total of 450 species is recorded in the Neotropics which is believed to be the diversity center of the genus (Mickel & Smith 2004). They are primarily epiphytic species, but terrestrial or rupicolous lifeforms are found as well (Tryon & Tryon...

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...

Kiew (2001) described twelve species of Begonia L. (1753: 1056) (Begoniaceae C. Agardh (1824: 200) to Borneo, Malaysia, among them B. urunensis Kiew (2001: 283) for Pensiangan District, Batu Urun, on Sabah. The author mentioned two herbaria (SAN and SING) as collections that possessed the type material deposited. Because these specimens are syntype...

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...

The genus Ransonia Blandin, 1979 (Arachnida: Araneae) was established with description of a new species, Ransonia mahasoana of the family Pisauridae (Arachnida: Araneae) endemic from Mahasoa, Madagascar. Unfortunately, this name is preoccupied by Ransonia Kramp, 1947, a genus of the family Rhopalonematidae (Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae) with only one sp...

Taxonomic, nomenclatural and typification issues regarding Aristolochia chrysochlora Barb. Rodr., A. echinata Barb. Rodr. and A. silvatica Barb. Rodr. (Aristolochiaceae) are discussed. The lectotypes are designated based on the illustrations made by J. Barbosa Rodrigues, and published next to the corresponding protologues. Additionally, A. chrysoch...

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...

O estudo foi realizado na APA de Conceição da Barra e objetivou caracterizar estruturalmente o estrato herbáceo em um trecho de restinga arbustiva aberta, considerando a cobertura e frequência das espécies amostradas. Foram utilizadas 108 parcelas quadradas (1x1 m), distribuídas em oito linhas no sentido leste-oeste, podendo estas abranger áreas de...

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...

Genç & Sahin (2008) described a new species of Lathyrus Linnaeus (1753: 729) (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) for Turkey. Seigler & Ebinger (2010) and Boatwright et al. (2011) proposed new combinations for Senegalia Rafinesque (1838: 119) (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) and Leobordea Delile (in Laborde, 1830: 86) (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), respectively...

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...

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a comunidade epifítica de um fragmento de Floresta Atlântica da região centro serrana do estado do Espírito Santo, visando observar a distribuição dessa forma de vida sobre forófitos. O local de estudo é formado por uma encosta com floresta preservada que foi analisada no topo do morro (Área 1 - altitude de 89...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the epiphytic community from a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in the montainous region of Espirito Santo state, aiming at observing the distribution of this form of life on phorophytes. The study site is made up by a preserved forest hillside which was analyzed at the top of the hill (Area 1 - altitude o...

Aristolochia bahiensis pertence à Aristolochia ser. Hexandrae subser. Anthocaulicae, esta subsérie é caracterizada pela presença de racemos caulifloros extremamente curtos e com folhas reduzidas a pequenas brácteas, até o momento, esta é a única espécie desta subsérie encontrada na floresta tropical "Mata Atlântica". Neste trabalho são relatados a...

We describe and illustrate Aristolochia subglobosa, a new species assigned to subseries Anthocaulicae. The subseries is characterized by the presence of extremely short and cauliflorous racemes in which each flower is subtended by a small bract. The new species is related to A. bahiensis, A. daemoninoxia and A. guentheri. So far, A. subglobosa is t...