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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1223-1237, July 2026.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
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PITCAIRNIA HUILENSIS: UNA ATRACTIVA BROMELIÁCEA NUEVA DE COLOMBIA

Caldasia, 2015
Se describe, ilustra y discute una nueva especie de Pitcairnia (Bromeliaceae). Esta especie es endémica de Colombia y se encuentra en los enclaves secos de los valles interandinos de la cuenca alta del río Magdalena, departamento de Huila.
JULIO BETANCUR, N. DAVID JIMÉNEZ-ESCOBAR   +1 more
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Factores que afectan el enraizamiento adventicio y brotación en estacas de Hyptis australis (Lamiaceae)

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022
Hyptis australis es una especie de la familia Lamiaceae, endémica del Bosque Atlántico, cuyo estado de conservación es crítico y se desconoce aún sus beneficios potenciales para el ecosistema y la sociedad. Con fines de rescate y conservación (ex situ/in
María Rita Ríos, Sandra Patricia Rocha, Fernando Niella, Héctor Alejandro Keller, Evelyn Raquel Duarte   +4 more
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Aiouea affinis (Lauraceae): A New Tree Species From the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Feddes Repertorium, Volume 137, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aiouea is a Neotropical genus of Lauraceae currently comprising ca. 85 species. Descriptions of new taxa have been frequent in recent years, particularly in Brazil, which currently hosts 35 species, 24 of them being endemic. Based on a review of herbarium material and recent collections, we propose a new species, Aiouea affinis, named for its ...
Marcelo Leandro Brotto, Pedro Luís Rodrigues de Moraes   +1 more
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Heterothalamus rupestris, espécie nova de Asteraceae do Rio Grande do Sul.

Ciência Florestal, 2010
Na revisão botânica do gênero Heterothalamus Less., foi descoberta uma nova espécie, endêmica da Serra do Sudeste do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) que, a seguir, é descrita, ilustrada e comparada com sua espécie afim.
Leonardo Paz Deble, Anabela Silveira de Oliveira, José Newton Cardoso Marchiori   +2 more
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Primer registro de coloración melánica en Ctenomys famosus (Rodentia: Ctenomydae) en la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina

Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 2022
Ctenomys famosus Thomas, 1920 es una especie endémica de roedor subterráneo de la provincia de La Rioja. En el presente trabajo reportamos el primer registro de melanismo en esta especie.
Thamara Fariñas Torres, Jefferson Silvério, Patricia Tachinardi   +2 more
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Calibration of the species threat abatement and restoration metric's threat abatement component in a Costa Rican landscape

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract Achieving global conservation policy goals requires the ability to set and measure progress toward science‐based targets for biodiversity. The species threat abatement and restoration (STAR) metric was developed to enable actors to set science‐based targets for species.
Louise Mair, Thomas M. Brooks, Randall R. Jimenez, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlance, Tony Nello, Antonin Vergez, Leon Bennun, Florence Curet, Annie Dakmejian, Edward Ellis, Melibea Gallo, Philip J. K. McGowan, Francesca A. Ridley, Alex Ross, Claudine Sierra, Thomas Starnes, Joseph A. Turner, Frank Hawkins   +17 more
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Phylogeny of subtribe Gonolobinae (Apocynaceae‐Asclepiadoideae) based on molecular and morphological data with a revised generic classification

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract The presently most densely sampled molecular phylogeny of the widespread New World subtribe Gonolobinae is presented, including about 35% of the ca. 520 species. Sampling focused on an even representation of the three main areas of total Gonolobinae distribution, South America, Central/North America, and the West Indian Islands, and the ...
Sigrid Liede‐Schumann, Gilberto Morillo, Ulrich Meve, Héctor A. Keller, Kurt Neubig   +4 more
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Lessons from an eradication under multiple constraints of an island rat population of record density

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Invasive rats threaten island biodiversity, disrupting ecosystems and endangering native species. Although rat eradication has succeeded on many islands, tropical islands present unique management challenges. Strict regulations and financial constraints on some tropical islands further limit proven eradication methods, complicating rodent ...
Tatiane Micheletti, Thayná J. Mello, Carlos Verona, Vinícius P. O. Gasparotto, Ricardo Krul, Ricardo Araujo, Thali Sampaio, Paulo Rogerio Mangini   +7 more
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Una nueva especie de Leucheria (Asteraceae), endémica de Chile.

Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2018
Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Leucheria Lag. (Asteraceae, Nassauvieae), L. meladensis Katinas, Crisci & A.E. Martic., con hojas enteras, elípticas, pecioladas y levemente pubescentes.
Liliana Katinas, Jorge V. Crisci, Alicia Marticorena   +2 more
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