Pitcairnia L’Hér (Bromeliaceae-Pitcairnioideae) diversity and distribution in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
The Amazon Rainforest, a paramount source of global biological diversity, faces challenges due to its understudied species richness, an insufficient investment in research and escalating rates of deforestation. Thus, acquiring additional data, especially
Brenda Carvalho +3 more
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Neotipificación de Pitcairnia vallisoletana Lex. (Bromeliaceae) [PDF]
Se neotipifica Pitcairnia vallisoletana Lex., nombre por largo tiempo relegado al olvido. Se discute el status de P. vallisoletana y el de las especies cercanamente relacionadas. Se incluye una clave para su identificación.
Adolfo Espejo Serna
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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.
Rafaela Forzza, Brenda de Moura Carvalho
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Speciation with gene flow between two Neotropical sympatric species (Pitcairnia spp.: Bromeliaceae) [PDF]
The study of mechanisms that generate new species is considered fundamental for broad areas of ecology and evolution. Speciation is a continuous process in which reproductive isolation is established, and it is of fundamental importance to understand the
Marília Manuppella Tavares +3 more
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Diversity and Community Structure Underlie Divergence in Thermal Strategies Across Tropical Elevations [PDF]
We assessed how thermal tolerance strategies are associated with community diversity and phylogenetic context along a tropical elevational gradient, integrating community‐ and population‐level perspectives by examining a widespread focal species together
Cleber J. N. Chaves +10 more
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PITCAIRNIA HUILENSIS: UNA ATRACTIVA BROMELIÁCEA NUEVA DE COLOMBIA [PDF]
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 +1 more
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PITCAIRNIA YOCUPITZIAE (BROMELIACEAE; PITCAIRNIOIDEAE), NOTABLE NUEVA ESPECIE DE GUERRERO, MÉXICO [PDF]
Se describe e ilustra Pitcairnia yocupitziae Espejo & López-Ferrarri, sp. nov. (Bromeliaceae), conocida únicamente del estado de Guerrero, México. La nueva especie se compara con P. roseana L. B.
Adolfo Espejo-Serna +1 more
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Bromelias de Colombia: una especie nueva de Pitcairnia [PDF]
A new species of Pitcairnia (Bromeliaceae) is described, ilustrated and discussed. This species is found in the Cordillera Central of Colombia, departamento de Antioquia, in a relictual humid mountain forestSe describe, ilustra y discute una nueva ...
Betancur Betancur Julio Cesar
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Origin and Function of Amino Acids in Nectar and Nectaries of Pitcairnia Species with Particular Emphasis on Alanine and Glutamine [PDF]
Floral nectar contains sugars and numerous other compounds, including amino acids, but little is known about their function and origin in nectar. Therefore, the amino acid, sugar, and inorganic ion concentrations, as well as the activity of alanine ...
Thomas Göttlinger, Gertrud Lohaus
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Pitcairnia abscondita (Pitcairnioideae, Bromeliaceae), a hidden novelty from north-western Jalisco, Mexico [PDF]
Pitcairnia abscondita sp. nov., known until now only from the Municipalities of Cabo Corrientes, Mascota, Puerto Vallarta, San Sebastián del Oeste and Talpa de Allende in the State of Jalisco, Mexico, is here described and illustrated.
Alejandra Flores-Argüelles +3 more
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