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Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids [PDF]

, 2013
The great majority of plant species in the tropics require animals to achieve pollination, but the exact role of floral signals in attraction of animal pollinators is often debated.
Chase, Mark W., Chittka, Lars, Hawkins, Julie A., Loader, Deniz, Papadopulos, Alexander S.T., Powell, Martyn P., Pupulin, Franco, Salamin, Nicolas, Savolainen, Vincent, Valente, Luis M., Warner, Jorge, Whitten, W. Mark, Williams, Norris H.   +12 more
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Checklist das abelhas coletoras de óleos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil [PDF]

, 2011
Neste trabalho uma lista atualizada das espécies de abelhas coletoras de óleo do Estado de São Paulo é apresentada, com suas ocorrências associadas aos grandes biomas do estado: Floresta Atlântica e Cerrado.
Aguiar, Antonio José Camillo de, Gaglianone, Maria Cristina, Santos, Isabel Alves dos, Vivallo, Felipe   +3 more
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Morfoanatomia e ontogênese das sementes de espécies de Banisteriopsis C.B. Robinson e Diplopterys A. Juss. (Malpighiaceae) Morphology, anatomy and ontogeny of the seeds of Banisteriopsis C.B. Robinson and Diplopterys A. Juss. (Malpighiaceae) species

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2008
Banisteriopsis e Diplopterys apresentam em conjunto aproximadamente 100 espécies e ocorrem em todo o continente americano, especialmente na América do Sul.
Letícia Silva Souto, Denise Maria Trombert Oliveira   +1 more
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Hiraea cuneata, H. macrophylla, and four new species confused with them: H. hatschbachii, H. occhionii, H. reitzii, and H. restingae (Malpighiaceae) [PDF]

, 2014
Specimens of Hiraea (Malpighiaceae) from the Brazilian states of eastern Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, and Santa Catarina that had been determined as H. cuneata Griseb. and H. wiedeana A.Juss. were found to include four undescribed species.
Anderson, Christiane
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Caracterização cariotípica de Malpighia emarginata (Malpighiaceae) [PDF]

, 2010
Malpighia emarginata Sessé & Mociño ex DC. or West Indian cherry (acerola) is a wild plant originated in southern Mexico, Central America and the northern region of South America.
MONDIN, Mateus, OLIVEIRA, Carlos Alberto de, VIEIRA, Maria Lúcia Carneiro   +2 more
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Implications of the Floral Herbivory on Malpighiacea Plant Fitness: Visual Aspect of the Flower affects the attractiveness to Pollinators

Sociobiology, 2013
The Malpighiaceae family is species-rich and is abundant in Brazil. Malpighiaceae flowers provide oil and pollen to pollinating bees and serve as food for herbivorous insects, which damage the floral structures. Although common in the Cerrado, florivory
Clébia Aparecida Ferreira, Helena Maura Torezan-Silingardi   +1 more
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Overview of the Malpigiaceae, Meliacaceae and Muntingiaceae families in the Fujarah Emirate (United Arab Emirates)

Hortus Botanicus
The article provides an overview of the families Malpigiaceae, Meliacaceae and Muntingiaceae in the flora of the emirate of Fujairah, located in the mountainous northwestern part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Byalt Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich, Korshunov Mikhail Vladimirovich   +1 more
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Aranhas Thomisidae em plantas floridas de um ecossistema de Cerrado [PDF]

, 2011
Although crab spiders are common in flowering plants, their relations with plant species and its floral traits have been poorly known in the Neotropics. Observations regarding plant habits, floral visitors and also floral characteristics such as anthesis,
RINALDI, IMP, ROCHA-FILHO, LC
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Phytosociology of the Cerrado tree species in nearby sanitary landfill areas [PDF]

, 2010
Os depósitos de resíduos domiciliares são construídos em áreas adjacentes a fitofisionomias nativas. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram, em áreas adjacentes a aterros e em áreas-controle, realizar e comparar o levantamento da composição das espécies ...
Imaña Encinas, José, Santana, Otacílio Antunes   +1 more
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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha, Anselmo Nogueira, Matheus Colli‐Silva, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +3 more
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