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Miconia is the largest genus of Melastomataceae in Brazil with more than 280 species, of which 120 are found in the Atlantic Rainforest. We present here a taxonomic treatment for the species of Miconia that occur in Espírito Santo, with morphological descriptions, geographic distribution, comments, photos and an identification key. We found 55 spec...
Information regarding conservation actions and species distribution are based on specimens collected and deposited in scientific collections and taxonomic studies. In the tropics, these data might be biased for several reasons. Even in well-explored regions, such as the Atlantic Forest, there is still a lot to learn regarding distribution and evolu...
Several centers of endemism have been proposed for Melastomataceae, particularly in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest. Despite the high degree of human-caused degradation in the last 500 years, the Atlantic Forest still presents some of the largest levels of diversity and endemism across all angiosperms. With several recently described species in the la...
Bertolonieae (Melastomataceae) have traditionally comprised > 100 Neotropical species in Bertolonia, Boyania, Macrocentrum, Monolena, Salpinga and Triolena and another six species in the monospecific genera Diolena, Diplarpea, Maguireanthus, Opisthocentra, Tateanthus and Tryssophyton. The position of the tribe inside or outside Sonerileae has been...
We describe and illustrate three new species of Bertolonia, all endemic to the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Bertolonia duasbocaensis and B. macrocalyx occur close to each other, in the municipalities of Cariacica and Viana. Bertolonia ruschiana has a wider distribution, occurring in the municipalities of Santa Leopoldina, Santa Maria de Jetibá...
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Miconia predominantly accumulates Al regardless of soil saturation, though certain clades within this high-accumulating group may exhibit distinctly lower Al concentrations in their leaves.
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In acidic soils (pH < 5.0), aluminum (Al) occurs as Al³⁺, which is toxic to most plants. Tolerant species include Al avoiders and those th...
Bertolonia crassicaulis is described here as a new species from southeastern areas of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Diagnostic illustrations, field photographs, distribution map, recommended conservation assessment, and a discussion on putative related species based on morphological similarities are provided. This new species can be recognized by the...
The Greater Antilles are renowned as a biodiversity hotspot and known to be geologically complex, which has led, in part, to the generation of organismal diversity in this area. One of the most species-rich montane groups within the Greater Antilles is the tribe Miconieae (Miconia s.l.) of the Melastomataceae, with ca. 325 species found there. The...
Bertolonia has 35 taxa, all endemic to the Atlantic Forest, among which many are microendemic or have restricted distribution. The plants are herbaceous, with scorpioid inflorescences and obtriquetrous (bertolonidium-type) capsules. The state of Bahia is one of the major diversity centers of Bertolonia, with 15 species, from which 12 are endemic. W...
The asymmetric pattern in species richness is a notable feature across different lineages and geographic regions. While some lineages have high richness, diversity and wide distribution, others have the opposite. Despite low rates of diversification, the latter might also be phylogenetically isolated. Lineages that accumulate these characteristics...
Campo rupestre and campo de altitude are two highly diverse plant formations that are found in montane areas in eastern Brazil. These formations are associated with landscapes having different geological histories and are part of different phytogeographic domains under different climatic conditions. It is unclear however, whether lineages in each a...
Previous molecular phylogenetic analyses showed that Bertolonia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (AF) with 35 species, presents a strong correlation regarding species distribution and some floral traits. The same analyses showed that all species belong to three clades: marmorata (species mostly distributed in nor...
Bertolonieae s.l. has been characterized as herbaceous plants with angular capsules. Despite morphological similarities, molecular data showed that the lineages within it were not homologous, and the traditional diagnostic characters have several different origins in Melastomataceae. Recently, Bertolonieae s.l. was recircumscribed to include only B...
Pyramieae contains 68 species belonging to three genera: Cambessedesia, Huberia, and Merianthera. We review the systematics and evolution of Pyramieae, including the history of tribal placement of the genera, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy with emphasis on morphological characters that define the tribe and its genera, and general ecology and...
Melastomataceae are the fifth richest plant family in the Atlantic Forest with 544 species belonging to few phylogenetic lineages and present considerable variation in habitat, ecological and reproductive characteristics, and morphology. Some of these lineages are prevailingly centered in the Atlantic Forest, being either endemic (Bertolonieae, Eri...
The widespread Neotropical genus Melocactus of approximately 42 currently recognized species, is most diverse in eastern Brazil and the Greater Antilles, especially Cuba. Species delimitation is notoriously problematic in the group, although this is due in part to a lack of detailed systematic studies, as well as a severely cluttered nomenclatural...
Bertolonia has 35 taxa, all endemic to the Atlantic Forest, among which many are microendemic or have restricted distribution. The plants are herbaceous, with scorpioid inflorescences and obtriquetrous (bertolonidium-type) capsules. The state of Bahia is one of the major diversity centers of Bertolonia, with 15 species, from which 12 are endemic. W...
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 Coleção Flora do Brasil 2020 reúne os resultados obtidos ao longo de mais de dez anos de trabalho de uma rede colaborativa composta por taxonomistas brasileiros e estrangeiros, coordenada pelo Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ) e por um comitê gestor-científico constituído em 2008. Esse trabalho teve a finalidade de cumprir metas delineadas...
The distribution of major clades in Bertolonia (Melastomataceae) is congruent with subareas of the Atlantic Forest, providing an opportunity to estimate ages of historical breaks in the Atlantic Forest, from its major north/south split to more restricted local radiations. The role of niche conservatism in driving diversification of Bertolonia is al...
We here describe two new species endemic to the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, that belong to different clades within Miconia s.lat. Miconia quartzicola is presumably part of the Leandra s.str. clade, as indicated by its terminal inflorescences and petals with an acute apex. It has been collected only once in the municipality of Vargem Alta in di...
The campo rupestre and the campo de altitude are two highly diverse vegetations types that characterize montane areas in eastern South America. These systems are associated with landscapes of different geological histories and are inserted within different phytogeographic domains and biomes. It is unclear, however, whether lineages with distributio...
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There is little consensus on which environmental variables are best at predicting multiple dimensions of diversity. We ask whether there are common environmental correlates of diversity, despite ecological differences, across nine clades of plants and animals distributed along a single rainforest domain. For that, we compare the environmental c...
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...
Floral structures such as stamen appendages play crucial roles in pollinator attraction, pollinator positioning, pollen‐release dynamics and, ultimately, the reproductive success of plants. The pollen‐rewarding, bee‐buzz‐pollinated flowers of Melastomataceae often bear conspicuous staminal appendages. Surprisingly, their functional role in the poll...
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...
We describe here Bertolonia lucernula, a new endemic species from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is only known from one locality, the "Área de Proteção Ambiental Mestre Álvaro", in the municipality of Serra. The new species can be recognized by the branches and petioles covered with sessile and short-stalked glands and scattered unbranched...
Miconia dura Triana (1871: 131) has been ignored in taxonomic treatments since Cogniaux (1886-1888, 1891), who treated it as "incertae sedis" or "species dubia". Cogniaux did not see type specimens of M. dura, nor have more recent taxonomists, because the holotype was destroyed in the Berlin herbarium during World War II. Miconia pennipilis Cogniau...
Three new species of Bertolonia are here described from northeastern Brazil: B. igrapiuna Bisewski, Bacci & R. Goldenb., B. riocontensis Bisewski, Bacci & R. Goldenb. and B. violacea Bisewski, Bacci & R. Goldenb. They were recognized as part of a taxonomic study for the genus in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Descriptions, taxonomic comments, ilustrat...
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 Este estudo trata das espécies de Bertolonia (Melastomataceae) encontradas no estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil. O trabalho é baseado em análise morfológica de coleções depositadas em herbários, bibliografia específica e coletas de campo. Um total de nove espécies foram registradas, a maioria endêmica no estado, além de uma nova espécie (B. m...
This study was carried out in the state of Rio de Janeiro and led to the rediscovery of three endemic and threatened species of Behuria (Melastomataceae). The type specimens for these species were collected by the French botanist A.F.M. Glaziou. Behuria corymbosa and Behuria glazioviana were collected for the last time 127 years ago by him, in 1889...
A new species of Miconia section Miconia, subsection Seriatiflorae from the Brazilian Amazonian region is described. Miconia renatogoldenbergii has a wide distribution in areas of savanna and forest understory in the states of Pará, Mato Grosso and Rondônia. It is similar to M. punctata as both species have chartaceous leaves with rusty lepidote in...
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...
A família Melastomataceae possui 22 gêneros e 150 espécies no estado do Paraná. Tratamentos com descrições e chaves de identificação já foram publicados para 17 destes gêneros. Neste trabalho, são apresentados os tratamentos taxonômicos dos cinco gêneros faltantes, com nove espécies: Behuria insignis, Bertolonia acuminata, B. margaritacea, B. mosen...
We describe and illustrate Bertolonia hirsutissima, a new species from the state of Bahia in Brazil. It has been collected only three times in one locality in the municipality of Wenceslau Guimarães. The new species can be recognized by the combination of bullate/foveolate leaf surfaces, hirsute petioles (these also with sessile and stalked glands)...
Photo guide (Field Museum) of the species of Melastomataceae that occur in Clube Caça & Pesca Itoróró Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Os gêneros Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera, Microlicia, Rhynchanthera e
Trembleya são os representantes da tribo Microlicieae no estado
do Paraná, com nove espécies: C. armatum, L. imbricata, L. pulchella, M.
myrtoidea, R. brachyrhyncha, R. cordata, R dichotoma, T. parviflora e
T. phlogiformis. Neste trabalho foi elaborado o tratamento
taxonômico para as e...
During the preparation of the monograph on Miconia for the Flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil, a new species was recognized and is described in this paper. Miconia valentinensis was found in Serra do Valentim, in Iúna Municipality. It has leaves with a slightly cordate base, 5+2 nerves (the inner pair strongly suprabasal, plus a basal median pair and...
The genera Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera, Microlicia, Rhynchanthera and Trembleya in the tribe Microlicieae occur in the state of Paraná, with nine species: C. armatum, L. imbricata, L. pulchella, M. myrtoidea, R. brachyrhyncha, R. cordata, R dichotoma, T. parviflora and T. phlogiformis. We present a taxonomic treatment for the species of Microlicieae fo...
