Luís FunezFederal University of Santa Catarina | UFSC · Departamento de Botânica
Luís Funez
Master of Science
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Introduction
Luís Funez is currently Ph.D student in Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Luís does research in Botany, Mycology and Biodiversity Conservation. His main project actually is 'Flora of Santa Catarina', and also contributes to Mind.Funga and Peld-PPBio-Parque Nacional de São Joaquim projects.
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Publications (57)
Nicotiana azambujae is an endemic species from Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, that was described in 1964 and has not been seen since then. During fieldwork, we found a population in Alto Matador, about 70 km from the presumable type collection, after 73 years of its last known collection. Thus, we bring the first in vivo pictures of this sp...
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 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...
In this work, we describe a new species of Ludwigia from southern Brazil. We provide a detailed morphological account, field photographs and a distribution map. We also discuss the morphology and taxonomy of the new species in relation to morphologically similar species and assess its conservation status. Finally, we typify the name L. myrtifolia,...
Margyricarpus pinnatus is a poorly understood entity from natural grasslands of South America that it better considered as a species complex. In this work we contribute to the advancement of the taxonomic knowledge of this challenging species complex by describing two new species of Margyricarpus from southern Brazil. We present field photographs,...
In a recently-published work it was demonstrated that the previous circumscription of Erechtites valerianifolius encompassed two distinct species, thus calling for the re-establishment of E. petiolatus. However, in that work it was overlooked that Senecio albiflorus, a replacement name for Cacalia prenanthoides, was published three months before E....
We describe a narrowly endemic new species of Delairea from the highlands of southern Brazil. It is the second species described in this previously monospecific genus that was endemic to Africa, and the first record of a native species of Delairea in the Americas. Delairea aparadensis differs from D. odorata by its deltoid leaves and capitulescence...
Sericographis cordifolia is reinstated and a new combination Justicia cordifolia is proposed when transferred to Justicia. Additionally, a detailed morphologic description for this species, field photographs, taxonomic and nomenclatural comments, and species conservation status assessed according to IUCN criteria are provided.
A new species of Persicaria, P. humboldtiana, endemic to a narrow area of waterfalls in Corupá, southern Brazil, is described in the present paper. The locus classicus of the new species is well-known for plant endemisms. A complete morphological description, original pictures, a distribution map, and a morphological comparison with the similar Eur...
In this work we present taxonomic notes for the genus Erechtites. More specifically, we present evidence for the re-establishment of E. petiolatus, a species that was hitherto being considered as a synonym of either E. valerianifolius or E. valerianifolius f. prenanthoides. Thus, we raise to six the number of accepted species of Erechtites. We pres...
Based on a specimen collected in Santa Catarina state, Brazil, the new species Oxypetalum kassneri is described and illustrated. Moreover, a molecular phylogenetic analysis allows to propose the revalidation of O. megapotamicum, a species currently placed in the genus Ditassa. The neotype of D. megapotamica and the lectotype of D. oxypetala are des...
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...
Plantago australis is considered to be obligately cleistogamous. Here we present evidence based on field work, herbarium collections and literature to show that this species produces both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers. We also hypothesise that the species is ambophilic.
In this work we describe Ludwigia humboldtiana, an extremely narrowly endemic new species from a waterfall system in Corupá municipality, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. This is already the second plant species endemic to the area. The new species is morphologically most similar to L. caparosa, L. elegans, L. multinervia and L. peruviana but diffe...
We present here novelties and notes on Tradescantia from Brazil. More specifically, we describe a narrowly endemic new species from southern Brazil (T. insularis), create a new name at the species rank (T. catharinensis) for T. crassula var. gaudichaudii, discuss the taxonomy of T. schwirkowskiana and T. serrana, and lectotypify T. tenella and pres...
During field works in Santa Catarina state, we found a new species of Chascolytrum that presents a bulb-like rhizome. This species is similar to Chascolytrum bulbosum, from Pampa biome, differing by glabrous leaf blades, inflorescences larger and laxer, longer spikelets and paleas glabrous between the keels. We additionally provide field and studio...
We describe here Begonia medeiroii, a narrow endemic species from the Atlantic Rainforest. The conservation status of this species was assessed as critically endangered according to IUCN criteria. This species resembles to B. catharinensis and B. hirtella in some characteristics, differing among other features due the presence of adventitious veget...
Here we describe a new species of Prosopanche from southern Brazil. This is the first report of Prosopanche in Santa Catarina state and for the Atlantic Forest region. We present field photographs, illustrations, ecologic and conservation comments on the new species. We contrast the morphology of the new species with the other Prosopanche species t...
Coevolutionary theory suggests that an arms race between plants and herbivores yields increased plant specialized metabolite diversity and the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution predicts that coevolutionary interactions vary across geographic scales. Consequently, plant specialized metabolite diversity is expected to be highest in coevolutiona...
We describe here Begonia ciliatifolia, a new species from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. We treat the species as a member of Begonia sect. Pritzelia, and discuss its differences to related species. Due the species small area of occurrence and the very specific habitat, the new species is assessed as critically endangered according to IUCN criteri...
During the copyediting process of this article, the Figure 4 and its caption, present in the original manuscript submitted to the journal, were mistakenly omitted, an error that went unnoticed to editors and authors during the proofing step.
Ruellia reitzii was first collected in 1948 by the prominent botanist Raulino Reitz in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, and the species was only known from two gatherings. Because its most recent collection was in 1953, the species was considered possibly extinct. In this work we present the rediscovery of this species, 65 years after its las...
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 Euphorbia is among the most diverse and species-rich plant genera on Earth, exhibiting a near-cosmopolitan distribution and extraordinary chemical diversity, especially across highly toxic macro-and polycyclic diterpenoids. However, very little is known about drivers and evolutionary origins of chemical diversity within Euphorbia . Here,...
We describe here Hoehnea grandiflora, a rare, critically endangered new species of Lamiaceae from high-elevation bogs in southern Brazil. The new species is similar to H. scutellarioides and can be distinguished by its shape and size of leaves, as some floral features. Its conservation status is assessed as Critically Endangered, because the new sp...
Cleistes pallida, a new species of Orchidaceae, is described and illustrated. The relationship of this new species to other taxa of the genus are discussed. Resumo Cleistes pallida, uma nova espécie de Orchidaceae, é descrita e ilustrada. As relações da nova espécie com outros táxons do gênero são discutidas.
This work describes Phyllanthus timboënsis, a narrowly endemic new species from Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. We provide a detailed morphological description, a distribution map and photographs of the new species, and assess its conservation status. Furthermore, we provide an identification key to species of Phyllanthus that occur in the s...
This work presents novelties in the genus Persicaria in Brazil. More specifically, we describe P. sylvestris, a new species from the Atlantic rainforest in subtropical Brazil, propose the new combination P. diospyrifolium and designate a lectotype for its basionym, Polygonum diospyrifolium. The new species has until now been identified as P. acumin...
Alysicarpus ovalifolius (Schumach. & Thonn.) J. Léonard is a legume species used as forage plant, which is originally native to Africa but today has a pantropical distribution. This species is probably expanding its distribution in the neotropics and therefore can be considered a potentially invasive species. In Brazil, the only species of Alysicar...
Based on herbarium material collected at 1100 m.a.s.l. in the Santa Catarina State, Brazil, a new
species of Oxypetalum R. Br. (Apocynaceae) is here described and illustrated. Its conservation
status is assessed and information on its ecology are provided. Similarities and differences with
related species are discussed.
The flora of Santa Catarina is the best known in Brazil, and yet considerable knowledge gaps remain. Aiming at filling these gaps, we present here 55 new records of vascular plants for this Brazilian state, and the re-collection of four species after more than 50 years. About 50% of new records are non-native in the area. We present short descripti...
This contribution describes Phyllanthus eremitus, an extremely narrowly endemic new species from an arenitic rock outcrop in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. We assess the conservation status of the new species as critically endangered, because only one population is known, containing less than 30 mature individuals, and it is outside any env...
This contribution presents and describes Tradescantia serrana, a new species from the edges of Araucaria forest in the highlands of southern Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Illustrations, photographs and a distribution map for the new species are provided. Here, we also typify T. umbraculifera, a species morphologically related to T. serrana...
Here, we present evidence that the alleged correction of the typification of Tradescantia crassula recently
proposed by Pellegrini, Forzza and Sakuragui is erroneous. Furthermore, we clarify misconceptions concerning
the epitype of T. crassula, the specimen B-100521014, which was collected by Friedrich Sello in
southern Brazil, and is not original...
This contribution presents updates to the knowledge of the species of Euphorbia that occur in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. More specifically, we here typify the names E. cyathophora, E. hirtella, E. paranensis and E. stenophylla, and present the first records of E. cyathophora, E. graminea, E. ophthalmica and E. thymifolia for Santa Catar...
Senecio reitzianus was described from sand dunes in Lagoa da Conceição (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil). The species remained to be known only from the type. Almost seventy years later, we discovered a population of this species in Costão do Santinho, about 20 km from the type locality. A detailed account of this population is...
This work presents and describes Hypoxis atlantica, a new species only known from two disjunct coastal areas in eastern Brazil. Despite our best efforts to collect this species in other areas, we had to assess its conservation status as data deficient. We include here a complete description, photographs, a distribution map and an updated identifica...
This contribution presents and describes Siphocampylus baccae and S. sevegnaniae, two narrowly endemic new species from waterfalls and rocky cliffs in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. We assess the conservation status of both species as critically endangered (CR) according to the IUCN criteria. We present descriptions, photographs, a distribu...
This contribution presents and describes Tradescantia schwirkowskiana, a narrow endemic new species from Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. We assess here the conservation status of this new species as critically endangered, according to the IUCN criteria. We present here a complete description, illustrations and comments on the new species, al...
Events of mycophagy by Brazilian native mammals are not often reported in literature, and the identity of the consumed fungal species is not always available. Therefore, the aim of this article is to report two field observations of mycophagy in Southern and Northern Brazil, involving the black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) and the A...
Rottboellia cochinchinensis is an aggressive invasive species native to Asia. This species is known worldwide for invading crops and disturbed habitats in tropical and subtropical regions. In Brazil, R. cochinchinensis had its southernmost record in São Paulo state; however, in this study we expand its distribution to Santa Catarina state, in the S...
Rottboellia cochinchinensis is an aggressive invasive species native to Asia. This species is known worldwide for invading crops and disturbed habitats in tropical and subtropical regions. In Brazil, R. cochinchinensis had its southernmost record in São Paulo state; however, in this study we expand its distribution to Santa Catarina state, in the S...
In the present study, the effects were evaluated of alkaloid fractions (AFs) from Psychotria species and correlated genera, Palicourea and Rudgea, on monoamine oxidases (MAOs) and cholinesterases (ChEs). By HPLC-DAD and UPLC-DAD-MS analyses, indole alkaloids (IA) were detected in all AFs. For the Psychotria and Palicourea species, these IA correspo...
With this contribution we designate a lectotype for the name Commelina vilavelhensis, and present evidence for the synonymisation of this name under C. obliqua. We also designate here lectotypes for the names C. robusta and C. scabrata, other synonyms of C. obliqua, and discuss the taxonomic and nomenclatural situation of the name Heterocarpus obli...
Saranthe ustulata was described by Otto Georg Petersen in 1890 based on undated material collected by Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller in southern Brazil during the nineteenth century. Since then, absolutely no information was available about this species, and it has even recently been thought as probably extinct. More than a century later, we disco...
This contribution presents and describes Commelina catharinensis, a new, narrow endemic species only known from two very restricted areas of coastal vegetation in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Both localities where this species has been collected are currently highly threatened by both legal and illegal urban advance. The new species class...
Atlantic Forest is a biome in dangerous situation and it lacks wider information on species with medicinal purposes used by people in this area. In this study an ethnobotanical survey was conducted in Apiúna district, Brazil with the goal of assessing traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by rural communities in a region covered by Atlanti...
Melilotus albus Medik. is a cosmopolite and invasive species, native to the Old World, which in Brazil had its occurrence hitherto recorded only in the states of São Paulo, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. This study extends its distribution to Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, due to the recent discovery of populations in the municipalities of F...
This paper aim to characterize the herbaceous and shrub species diversity of Parque Nacional da Serra do Itajaí (PNSI). We identified 643 herbaceous and shrub species distributed in 110 families being the most representative family Asteraceae (62 species), Melastomataceae (49) and Rubiaceae (30), besides a two new records for Santa Catarina (Thelyp...
The premise of this study is to present the collection of the FURB herbarium, its collection area and type specimens, as well as its projects and contributions to the flora of the Subtropical Atlantic Forest. The FURB herbarium currently has nearly 41,000 records of vascular plants and has the largest collection of lycophytes and ferns in Southern...
A new total of nine continental gastropod forms are incorporated to the previous systematic malacological inventory of Santa Catarina's State/SC, central southern Brazil region, the species Leme, 1964, and Zilchogyra cleliae Weyrauch, 1965. Included in eight genera and seven families, raise the state record for 220 species and subspecies regionally...
The family Assimineidae, minute snails with an operculum that live in brackish water, freshwater or
on the land, is reported for first time in the Southern Brazil region ...
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This is a long-term project that I have been developing since 2005. To date, taxonomic descriptions have been made for 25 species. Species of this genus are difficult to be cultivated and the analysis of the structures from fresh material has to be done in the field. Furthermore, during the taxonomic revision of Cleistes I noticed that some names published by the Brazilian botanist João Barbosa Rodrigues need revision. In the search for type specimens I found the holotypes of Cleistes aphylla and C. paranaensis in the herbarium of the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (R). Furthermore, the holotype of C. monantha was found in the herbarium of the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S). The remaining voucher specimens of Cleistes housed at RB herbarium were lost and lectotypes were. Furthermore, 14 synonyms are subordinated to the names of Cleistes published by Barbosa Rodrigues .
Floristic and taxonomic studies of the flora of Santa Catarina state
