Naédja Luna

Federal University of Pernambuco | UFPE · Department of Botany

In this work, we propose typifications of five names belonging to the genera Ctenanthe and Stromanthe, following the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants—ICN. Lectotypes are designated for Ctenanthe dasycarpa, C. setosa and Stromanthe papillosa, and neotypes for S. sellowiana and S. schottiana.

Neotropical Maranta has repeatedly emerged as non-monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic studies, but no taxonomic changes have been proposed due to previous weak support for the main clades and overall sparse taxonomic sampling. Our study includes a phylogenetic hypothesis strictly based on molecular evidence, using nuclear ribosomal (nrITS) and p...

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...

This study summarizes the taxonomy of the species of Maranta from northeastern Brazil. While 20 names have been proposed in the region, only 13 are accepted. We provide two new records, M. rugosa and M. polystachya , and five new species are described, of which M. bahiensis and M. villosovaginata are endemic to Bahia, M. chrysogina to Ceará, M. vie...

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...

The territory of Pernambuco includes portions of the Caatinga and the Atlantic Forest, which house areas of extreme biological importance that are also rich in Marantaceae species. This study presents a synopsis of the Marantaceae from the state, and was based in the morphological analysis of herbaria specimens and other collected in field excursio...

A new species of Maranta subg. Maranta, M. gigantea, is described and illustrated. This is known from the submontane Atlantic Forest in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas (Brazil). Based on the zingiberoid growth form it is morphologically similar to M. anderssoniana and M. zingiberina, differing mainly in the shape of the leaf blade (lanceolate...

A new species from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil, Goeppertia yoshida-arnsiae , is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to G. umbrosa (Kornicke 1862: 137) Borchsenius & Suarez (2012: 635), but differs mainly by the indumentum of the leaf blades and petioles, length of the peduncles, number of bracteoles per pair of f...

Zingiberales is represented in the Brazilian flora by almost 300 species, of which about 100 occur in the Northeast Region of the country. Zingiberales is poorly known in the Atlantic Forest of the state of Pernambuco and this study provides a taxonomic survey of the species found in the forest fragments of Usina São José, Igarassu. The field work...