The predictive power of pollination syndromes: Passerine pollination in heterantherous Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana (Melastomataceae) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The cloud forest species Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana has pseudocampanulate flowers with bulbous stamen appendages, typical for the passerine pollination syndrome found in the Melastomataceae tribe Merianieae. The species is further characterized
José Miguel Valverde‐Espinoza +3 more
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Una nueva especie de Axinaea (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) del Norte de Perú [PDF]
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2011 Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Axinaea Ruiz & Pav. (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) denominada Axinaea wurdackii Sagást., S. J. Arroyo & E. Rodr. sp.nov., procedente del norte del Perú (Dptos.
Abundio Sagástegui Alva +2 more
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Descripción de Meriania alexandrae (Melastomataceae, Merianieae), una nueva especie de Colombia y sinopsis del complejo Selvaflorensis [PDF]
Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2023 Antecedentes y Objetivos: Meriania es un género neotropical de árboles y arbustos, con aproximadamente 120 especies distribuidas desde el sur de México hasta Brasil, Bolivia y las Antillas.
Juan Mauricio Posada-Herrera +1 more
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O clado Merianthera e as tribos Merianieae e Microliceae (Melastomataceae) na Serra Negra, Minas Gerais [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2016 Resumo Apresenta-se um estudo taxonômico do clado Merianthera e das tribos Merianieae e Microlicieae (Melastomataceae) na Serra Negra, localizada no Complexo da Mantiqueira, região sul da Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Luciana Leitão Justino +3 more
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Beyond buzz-pollination - departures from an adaptive plateau lead to new pollination syndromes. [PDF]
New Phytol, 2019 Summary Pollination syndromes describe recurring adaptation to selection imposed by distinct pollinators. We tested for pollination syndromes in Merianieae (Melastomataceae), which contain bee‐ (buzz‐), hummingbird‐, flowerpiercer‐, passerine‐, bat‐ and rodent‐pollinated species.
Dellinger AS +10 more
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Revisión taxonómica del género Meriania (Melastomataceae) en Colombia [PDF]
Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2021 Antecedentes y Objetivos: El género Meriania cuenta con 120 especies neotropicales, 51 de ellas en Colombia. En este trabajo se aborda la revisión taxonómica del género para Colombia; se documentan especies, subespecies y sinónimos nuevos. Métodos: Se
Humberto Mendoza Cifuentes
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The Sequential Direct and Indirect Effects of Mountain Uplift, Climatic Niche, and Floral Trait Evolution on Diversification Dynamics in an Andean Plant Clade. [PDF]
Syst BiolWhy and how organismal lineages radiate is commonly studied through either assessing abiotic factors (biogeography, geomorphological processes, and climate) or biotic factors (traits and interactions).
Dellinger AS +4 more
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The first complete plastid genomes of Melastomataceae are highly structurally conserved. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Reginato M +3 more
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Novedades en Centronia y Meriania (Merianieae, Melastomataceae) y revisión taxonómica de Meriania grupo brachycera [PDF]
, 2012 [EN]A historical review, the circumscription problems and nomenclatural changes based upon a phylogenetic morphological analysis of the genus Centronia are presented.
Fernández Alonso, José Luis +1 more
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Behuria lumiarensis (Melastomataceae), a new species on a mountaintop of the brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]
, 2021 We describe and illustrate Behuria lumiarensis, a new species from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has been collected only once in montane vegetation in the Municipality of Nova Friburgo.
Bacci, L.F. +2 more
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