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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Endosperm development in Dyckia pseudococcinea (Pitcairnioideae - Bromeliaceae) [PDF]
Dyckia pseudococcinea is a threatened species endemic to the restingas of the Atlantic Forest, an area under strong anthropic impact. From the perspective of conservation, plant embryology is interesting by the variety of approaches for in vitro culture ...
Simone Petrucci Mendes +2 more
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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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Development of SSR Markers for Encholirium horridum (Bromeliaceae) and Transferability to Other Pitcairnioideae [PDF]
Premise of the study: We developed a set of primers for Encholirium horridum, a species closely associated with inselbergs of the Atlantic Forest, to assess genetic diversity, genetic structure, and gene flow between populations of this species ...
Karina Vanessa Hmeljevski +4 more
doaj +5 more sources
Genomic characterization of repetitive DNA and transposable elements in Dyckia (Pitcairnioideae) species [PDF]
Objective Repetitive DNA comprises the majority of nuclear genomes in eukaryotes and is critical for genome stability, gene regulation and evolutionary innovation. Yet, most genomic surveys focus on lowcopy regions, leaving repeats underexplored.
João Victor da Silva Rabelo-Araujo +6 more
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Taxon-specific or universal? Using target capture to study the evolutionary history of rapid radiations. [PDF]
Abstract Target capture has emerged as an important tool for phylogenetics and population genetics in nonmodel taxa. Whereas developing taxon‐specific capture probes requires sustained efforts, available universal kits may have a lower power to reconstruct relationships at shallow phylogenetic scales and within rapidly radiating clades. We present here
Yardeni G +13 more
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Phylogenomics, ecomorphological evolution, and historical biogeography in Deuterocohnia (Bromeliaceae: Pitcairnioideae). [PDF]
Abstract Premise Species of Deuterocohnia (17 spp.) show extraordinary variation in elevation (0–3900 m a.s.l.) and growth forms, and many have narrow geographic distributions in the west‐central Andes and the Peru‐Chile coast. Previous research using few plastid and nuclear loci failed to produce well‐resolved or supported phylogenies.
Li B +5 more
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A new species of bromeliad-feeding Cephaloleia Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) from Costa Rica: evidence from DNA barcodes, larval and adult morphology and insect diets [PDF]
The Neotropical genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) includes 214 species distributed from the south of Mexico to Argentina. Cephaloleia beetles feed mostly on plants from the order Zingiberales.
Carlos Garcia-Robledo +2 more
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Leaf epidermis of the rheophyte Dyckia brevifolia Baker (Bromeliaceae). [PDF]
Some species of Dyckia Schult. f., including Dyckia brevifolia Baker, are rheophytes that live in the fast‐moving water currents of streams and rivers which are subject to frequent flooding, but also period of low water. This study aimed to analyze the leaf epidermis of D.
Lobo GM +4 more
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Ecosystem services provided by bromeliad plants: A systematic review. [PDF]
Bromeliads have been widely used as a model system for testing fundamental ecological theory; nevertheless, their benefits to the surrounding ecosystems and human society have been largely overlooked. Using a systematic review, we showed that while the publication of studies about supporting ecosystem services have accelerated over the last 30 years ...
Ladino G +4 more
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