Notas taxonómicas sobre Nidularium lem. e Wittrockia lindm. (Bromelioideae, Bromeliaceae) Taxonomic notes for Nidularium lem. and Wittrockia lindm. (Bromelioideae, Bromeliaceae) [PDF]
É apresentado o estudo taxonómico de espécies do gênero Nidularium e Wittrockia (subfamilia Bromelioideae, Bromeliaceae) do Estado de São Paulo. São propostos dois novos sinônimos, uma nova combinação, uma revalidação e uma nova variedade.
Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley +1 more
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Nomenclatural correction in Cryptanthus Otto & A. Dietrich. (Bromeliaceae - Bromelioideae) [PDF]
Nomenclatural correction in Cryptanthus Otto & A. Dietrich. (Bromeliaceae - Bromelioideae). A nomenclatural correction of the author name of Cryptanthus zonatus, an endemic species of Northeastern Brazil, is provided.
Marccus Alves, Rossella Marcucci
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Genus Quesnelia (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae) of Paraná State, Brazil [PDF]
Quesnelia is a genus of the subfamily Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae) with 20 species endemic to Brazil occurring from the south portion of the state of Bahia to the northern portion of the state of Santa Catarina. Quesnelia is subdivided into two subgenera:
Fernanda Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira +1 more
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Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Two Early-Diverging Genera of Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae) [PDF]
Bromelia includes 66 species, grouped in three subgenera: Bromelia, Distiacanthus and Karatas. The genus is one of the earlier divergent groups within Bromelioideae, a subfamily with innumerable problems of generic delimitation.
Raquel Fernandes Monteiro +2 more
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EL OCASO DE PSEUDAECHMEA (BROMELIACEAE: BROMELIOIDEAE)
Se propone y se discute la inclusión del género monotípico Pseudaechmea dentrode Billbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae). Además, se presenta la combinaciónrespectiva, la ilustración y la redescripción morfológica de Billbergia ambigua(L. B. Sm. & R. W.
BETANCUR JULIO, SALINAS NELSON R.
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Microsatellite Loci for Orthophytum ophiuroides (Bromelioideae, Bromeliaceae) Species Adapted to Neotropical Rock Outcrops [PDF]
Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers were developed for Orthophytum ophiuroides, a rupicolous bromeliad species endemic to neotropical rocky fields.
Felipe Aoki-Gonçalves +3 more
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Taxonomic novelties of Ronnbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Colombia [PDF]
Three new species of Ronnbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) and two new records of the same genus for Colombia are described. The three new species correspond to (1) Ronnbergia igneosepala from the slopes of the Western Cordillera in Narino (Colombia), which is unique by its orange floral bracts and sepals; (2) R. robusta from the Pacific Littoral of
Julian Aguirre-Santoro, Julio Betancur
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Abstract Aim Angiosperm epiphytes have long been reported to have larger geographic ranges than terrestrial species, despite evidence of their outstanding diversity and endemism. This apparent contradiction calls for further investigation of epiphytes' poorly understood range size patterns. Here, we address the question of whether epiphytes have larger
Tarciso C. C. Leão +2 more
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New genus and species records of Bromeliaceae in the Caatinga of Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil: Orthophytum disjunctum L.B. Sm. (Bromelioideae) and Tillandsia paraibensis R.A. Pontes (Tillandsioideae) [PDF]
In the present work we describe the first occurrence of the genus Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae) and of the species Tillandsia paraibensis within the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil.
Leonardo Versieux +2 more
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Smoothing out the misconceptions of the role of bark roughness in vascular epiphyte attachment
Summary Vascular epiphytes represent c. 10% of all vascular plant species. In epiphytes, attachment is essential for survival throughout consecutive ontogenetic stages of their life, starting with: (1) initial propagule attachment to the host; followed by (2) the development of first root‐substrate connections; and (3) maintenance of this attachment ...
Jessica Y. L. Tay +2 more
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