Quélita S. Moraes

State University of Feira de Santana | UEFS · Department of Biological Science

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...

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...

This work is a part of the Flora do Espírito Santo project. The aim was to morphologically characterize the species of Commelinaceae occurring in the state of Espírito Santo and provide data on their geographical distribution, phenology, and comments. Fieldwork and herbarium studies were carried out. A total of 38 species, arranged in 10 genera, we...

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...

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...

Sapotaceae is historically known as having a tricky and challenging taxonomy due to tangled morphologic heterogeneity. Consequently, this resulted in a large number of described genera and binomials. After Pennington’s Flora Neotropica work, several of those nomenclature issues were resolved. Nevertheless, many binomials remain unsolved and up for...

Based on recent collections and fieldwork efforts, we provide an updated list of Sapotaceae of Espírito Santo state, Brazil and, in addition, we present the expanded geographical distribution of Manilkara multifida T.D. Penn. and Pouteria atlantica Alves‐Araújo & M.Alves, two endangered tree species from Atlantic forest with a poorly known biology....

The Dichorisandra acaulis group has its circumscription broadened to include two additional species, viz. D. oxypetala and the herein newly described D. forzzae. Dichorisandra oxypetala has previously not been included in this morphological group due to its deviant vegetative morphology. However, its reproductive morphology is congruent with the D....

A new species of Dichorisandra from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is herein described, illustrated, and compared to morphologically similar species. Dichorisandra striatula is characterized by leaf blades with small and discontinuous white stripes on the adaxial surface, hirsutulous indumentum on both surfaces, obovate to broadly obovate petals, an...