Past vicariance promoting deep genetic divergence in an endemic frog species of the Espinhaço Range in Brazil: The historical biogeography of Bokermannohyla saxicola (Hylidae). [PDF]
The highland endemic frog Bokermannohyla saxicola occurs within the Espinhaço Range, the most extensive and continuous orogenic belt of the Brazilian territory, located in southeastern Brazil.
Augusto César Nascimento +4 more
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What is being published on floristics? an overview of floristic studies carried out in the Espinhaço Range [PDF]
The campo rupestre in the Espinhaço Range is subject of many floristic studies due to its high rates of species diversity and endemism. These studies are made up of critical, easily accessible data about local richness and biodiversity, which are ...
Roberto Baptista Pereira Almeida +2 more
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Sauvagesia (Ochnaceae) in the campos rupestres of the Espinhaço Range, Brazil [PDF]
The campos rupestres (rupestrian grasslands) of the Brazilian Espinhaço Range are renowned for harboring extraordinary plant diversity and endemism, yet many groups representative of this habitat remain taxonomically understudied.
Adriana Queiroz-Lima +2 more
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Mitracarpus semirianus (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), an overlooked new species from the “campo rupestre” of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, with notes on Mitracarpus lhotzkyanus [PDF]
Background and aims – Mitracarpus semirianus, an overlooked new species from the “campo rupestre” of the Chapada Diamantina, in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, is here described and illustrated.
João Carmo +3 more
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Geographic distribution patterns of species of the subtribe Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae)
With 119 species distributed in 19 genera, most species of the subtribe Lychnophorinae are endemic to the Espinhaço Range in central eastern Brazil.
Fábio Vitalino Santos Alves +1 more
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Water retention and pore size distribution in organic soils from tropical mountain peatlands under forest and grassland [PDF]
Peatland soils can store large amounts of water and their retention capacity depends upon soil structure, vegetation type and degree of decomposition. In the Serra do Espinhaço Meridional (south-eastern Brazil), numerous peatlands occur in the headwaters
Diego Tassinari +6 more
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Pitcairnia mineira (Bromeliaceae): A new rheophytic species from the Espinhaço Range, Brazil [PDF]
Pitcairnia is a species-rich genus with about 400 species distributed mainly in the Neotropics. We propose and diagnose a new rheophytic species of Pitcairnia, P.
Brenda de Moura Carvalho +1 more
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The Espinhaço Range is known for its unique plant diversity and richness of endemic species. We identified the distribution patterns, areas of endemism, floristic similarity, and the areas of richness and diversity of Convolvulaceae within the Espinhaço ...
JOILSON V. ALVES, MARIA TERESA BURIL
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New occurrences of Paepalanthus mollis Kunth var. mollis: extending the distribution of Paepalanthus subg. Xeractis Körn. (Eriocaulaceae) outside the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]
Paepalanthus mollis var. mollis is placed in Paepalanthus subg. Xeractis (Eriocaulaceae) and, until now, it was considered endemic to the campos rupestres of the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Bárbara Mourão +2 more
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Avifauna, Alto do Palácio, Serra do Cipó National Park, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil [PDF]
We surveyed the avifauna of Alto do Palácio, Serra do Cipó National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The park lies in the southern Espinhaço range, a significant biogeographical barrier that separates the forest areas of the Atlantic Forest on its ...
Marcos Rodrigues +5 more
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