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Uma nova espécie de Senna Mill. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinoideae) do Brasil
RESUMO Senna biglandularis, uma nova espécie pertencente à série Laxiflorae, seção Chamaefistula, proveniente do estado de Tocantins (Brasil) é descrita e ilustrada, incluindo dados de hábitat e fenologia.
Andréa Onofre de Araujo +1 more
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ABSTRACT In order to address the many lacunae in Amazonian Piper taxonomy and geography, we performed a field expedition in the Serra do Divisor National Park (Acre state, Brazil), resulting in the discovery of a new species, Piper longiapiculatum, herein described and compared to morphologically similar taxa.
Gabriel Marcusso Marcusso +4 more
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A NEW SPECIES OF XYLOCOPA (NANOXYLOCOPA) FROM BRAZIL (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE)
Xylocopa bella sp. nov., the second known species of the subgenus Xylocopa (Nanoxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, is newly described from the Espinhaço mountain range, in the state of Minas Gerais, and the Chapada Diamantina, in the state of Bahia, in eastern ...
GABRIEL A.R. MELO
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Structural Colour in Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Is Linked to Climate and Latitude
ABSTRACT Aim Environmental drivers frequently predict global patterns of colour diversity, but whether such patterns depend on the underlying colour mechanisms—pigments or microscopic structures—has scarcely been considered. Structural colour may have different functional properties that result in different associations with environmental variables ...
Patricia Henríquez‐Piskulich +6 more
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Nova espécie de Galium L. (Rubiaceae) para o Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
Uma nova espécie de Rubiaceae, Galium shepherdii Jung-Mendaçolli, procedente da Serra da Mantiqueira, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, é descrita e ilustrada.
Jung-Mendaçolli Sigrid L.
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Lichen bleaching as a response to long‐term experimental warming in the High Arctic
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Lichens are an important component of Arctic ecosystems. Studies have indicated a decline in the abundance of Arctic lichens during recent decades, which is often attributed to competitive pressure from vascular plants.
Jiří Šubrt +3 more
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Aiouea affinis (Lauraceae): A New Tree Species From the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
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 +1 more
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A new tick, Amblyomma parkeri, n. sp., is described as a parasite of Coendu sp. from S. Paulo, Brazil. Female holotype, nymph and larva are described (Figs. 2 e 3). The n. sp.
Flavio da Fonseca, Henrique Aragão
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Fire modulates the structural drivers and functioning of individual‐based plant‐pollinator networks
Ecological drivers that shape (positively or negatively) the plant‐pollinator network and determine plant fitness, both before and after a fire. Abstract Fire is a natural phenomenon that shapes ecosystems, but climate change and human activities have increased its frequency and magnitude, disrupting essential ecosystem services like pollination ...
Larissa Alves‐de‐Lima +5 more
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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 +4 more
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