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CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF GUAPEVA

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura
Fruits of the Brazilian cerrado usually have typical flavor and high levels of nutrients; however, many of these fruits are little known and marketed.
ANA PAULA SILVA SIQUEIRA, JANIELE DE MEDEIROS OLIVEIRA, DIVINO RIBEIRO MACHADO JUNIOR, MARCOS FELIPE DE CASTRO LOURENÇO   +3 more
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Population Structure and Fruit Productivity Analyses in Support of the Use of Caryocar brasiliense

Floresta e Ambiente, 2019
The Brazilian Cerrado, a global biodiversity hotspot, has been widely converted by agricultural expansion and pasture establishment. As a result of these activities, several plant species have experienced population declines such as pequi (Caryocar ...
Lorena Cristina Lana Pinto, Irla Paula Stopa Rodrigues, Maria Auxiliadora Drumond   +2 more
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Dicrananthera hedyotidea C. Presl. (Melastomataceae) in Maranhão state, Brazil: first record and ecological niche model of the species

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Dicrananthera C. Presl. is a monospecific genus of the tribe Marcetieae, comprising perennial herbs typically occurring in areas adjacent to wetlands. The species exhibits a disjunct distribution, with confirmed records in both the Amazon and Atlantic Forest domains.
Elias Julio Oliveira Correa, Sandro Márcio dos Santos Junior, Antônio Fernando Costa da Silva, Kalynne Nayara Lima dos Santos, Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr   +4 more
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Autogamy vs. Allogamy: Biotic-Dependent Populations Reveal Shift in the Reproduction System of an Essentially Autogamous Vanilla

Diversity
Flowering plants have evolved a wide range of strategies to avoid self-fertilization. Although allogamy is common among members of the genus Vanilla, V. lindmaniana is widely known for its ability to self-fertilize, resulting in fruit-set rates of 83–100%
Emerson R. Pansarin
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Do arthropods affect the production of fruits on Hancornia speciosa (Gomes) (Apocynaceae) trees? [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Hancornia speciosa (Apocynaceae) trees are valuable for several communities that survive from collecting their fruits. However, H. speciosa is threatened due to the increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado.
G. L. Demolin-Leite
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‘Cerrado’, old and new agricultural frontiers

Brazilian Political Science Review, 2020
The aim of the text is to discuss the occupation of the old and new agricultural frontiers in the ‘Cerrado’, highlighting the influence of official policies which, guided by a model of agricultural expansion intensive in capital, technology, and the use ...
Mauro Oliveira Pires
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Vitex oreadica and V. umbellata (Lamiaceae): two new species from Cerrado and Atlantic forest of Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Vitex L. is a pantropical genus of Lamiaceae comprising 209 taxa. Brazil harbors 35 species, representing nearly 50% of the genus richness in the Neotropics, with the Amazon showing the highest richness, followed by the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains. Nevertheless, most taxonomic studies of the genus have been conducted in Africa and Asia.
Thaís Teixeira Conegiro, Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Carla Poleselli Bruniera   +2 more
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Reestablishment and a new name for Actinostemon grandifolius (Müll.Arg.) Pax

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The genus Actinostemon has undergone several changes in its circumscription due to persistent difficulties in its taxonomic placement. The taxonomic history of the genus is controversial and marked by nomenclatural issues, particularly involving its type species, Actinostemon grandifolius Klotzsch, including incorrect synonymizations and the ...
Amanda O. Souza, Josimar Külkamp, Otávio Luis M. da Silva, Inês Cordeiro, Daniela S. Carneiro‐Torres   +4 more
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A new combination in Strophopappus (Asteraceae, Vernonieae, Lepidaploinae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Revisions of herbarium collections reveal a new combination in Strophopappus (Asteraceae, Vernonieae, Lepidaploinae). Strophopappus comprises nine species occurring in South America, eight of which are endemic to Brazil. Currently, Vernonia riedeliana is treated as a synonym of Strophopappus bicolor.
Danielle Remor, Carolina M. Siniscalchi, Benoît Loeuille   +2 more
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Fruits of the Brazilian Cerrado: Possibilities of Uses for the Manufacture of Food Products

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Abstract The Cerrado is an important South American biome, with a wide diversity of fruit species, with attractive sensory characteristics and high nutritional value. In this scenario, the industrial production of food products made from Cerrado fruits is a viable alternative to favor their use and commercialization.
Ingrid de Souza Lopes, Laiane Vieira da Silva, Andressa Rodrigues Gomes, Flávio Santos Lopes, Cláudia Vieira Prudêncio   +4 more
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