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Author Correction: One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.
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One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.
Amazonia’s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain... -
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A new species of Byttneria sect. Crassipetala (Malvaceae, Byttnerioideae) from Eastern Amazonia.
Byttneria (Malvaceae, Byttnerioideae) is a Pantropical genus known for its variable growth forms—ranging from shrubs to lianas—and complex floral structures. In this study, we describe a new species, Byttneria filifolia Gerace & Colli-Silva, from B. sect. Crassipetala, found in the Eastern Amazon rainforest of Brazil, specifically in Pará, and Mato...Gerace, Samuele ; Colli-Silva, Matheus
Amazonia, Alpha-taxonomy, Northern Brazil, New species, Byttneria filifolia, Malvales, and Brazil
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Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities.
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Domestication of the Amazonian fruit tree cupuaçu may have stretched over the past 8000 years.
Amazonia, one of the largest and most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, is a significant yet less-known arena for ancient plant domestication. Here, we traced the origins of ( ), an Amazonian tree crop closely related to cacao ( ), cherished for its flavorful seed-pulp, by employing an extensive genomic analysis... -
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Nomenclatural adjustments in Amazonian Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae).
Most recent studies support a broad circumscription of the Neotropical genus Myrcia De Candolle (1827: 401), now including species previously recognised in Calyptranthes Swartz (1788: 79) and Marlierea Cambessèdes (1833: 373) based on molecular and morphological evidence (e.g. Lucas et al. 2011, 2018, Lourenço 2015, Staggemeier et al. 2015, Wilson...Gaem, Paulo Henrique ; Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda ; Lucas, Eve
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An updated description of Parkia barnebyana (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) from Amazonian Venezuela and Brazil, and comparison with other species in sect. Parkia with erect capitula.
An updated description, including characters of the capitulum and fertile flowers, is provided for . Originally recorded from southern Venezuela, this small canopy tree from igapó (blackwater flooded forest) is now also known by two collections from north-western Brazil. The capitula are yellow and held erect, with the fertile flowers... -
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A taxonomic account of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) at the sites of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas, Brazil.
Abstract Myrcia is the sole genus of the Myrciinae, one of the nine subtribes of Myrteae (Myrtaceae). The Amazon forest holds about one-quarter of the Brazilian species of Myrcia, but the genus is still understudied in this whole region. In this context, this study presents a floristic survey of Myrcia...Gaem, Paulo Henrique ; Lucas, Eve ; Andrade, Ana ; Vicentini, Alberto ; Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda
Floristic survey, Calyptranthes, Amazonia, Marlierea, Myrteae, Amazonas (Brazil), and Brazil
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New species of Acanthaceae from Bolivia.
Justicia, Forest, Bolivia, Stenostephanus, Amazonia, Andes, and Taxonomy
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Certification of açaí agroforestry increases the conservation potential of the Amazonian tree flora.
The harvesting of açaí berries (palm fruits from the genus ) in Amazonia has increased over the last 20 years due to a high local and global market demand and triggered by their widely acclaimed health benefits as a ‘superfood’. Although such increase represents a financial boom for local communities,...Damasco, Gabriel ; Anhalt, Mandy ; Perdiz, Ricardo O. ; Wittmann, Florian ; de Assis, Rafael L. …
Açaí management, Amazonia, Biodiversity conservation, Euterpe, and Flooded forests
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Hybridization: a ‘double-edged sword’ for Neotropical plant diversity.
Hybridization can facilitate both evolutionary diversification and extinction and has had a critical role in plant evolution, with c. 25% of species known to hybridize in some temperate floras. However, in the species-rich Neotropical flora, the role of hybridization in the evolution of diversity remains unclear. Our review examines studies...Schley, Rowan J ; Twyford, Alex D ; Pennington, R Toby
Neotropics, Amazonia, ASpeciation, Andes, Amazonia, Genomics, Diversification, and Introgression
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Above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity responses to the prolonged flood pulse in central‐western Amazonia, Brazil.
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Above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity responses to the prolonged flood pulse in central‐western Amazonia, Brazil.
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Phylogenomics of the Palm Tribe Lepidocaryeae (Calamoideae: Arecaceae) and Description of a New Species of Mauritiella.
Torres Jiménez, Maria Fernanda ; Prata, Eduardo M. B. ; Zizka, Alexander ; Cohn-Haft, Mario ; de Oliveira, Ayslaner V. G. …
Amazonia, Phylogenomics, Palmae, Mauritiella, and Africa
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Taking the pulse of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots.
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Ecology , AfriTRON , RAINFOR , Monitoring , Southeast Asia , Amazonia, Global change , Dynamics , Africa , Rainforest , Biodiversity , Species richness , Permanent sample plots , Carbon sink , and Forest plots
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Biomasa y Carbono en los Bosques Amazónicos de Tierra Firme e Inundable (Várzea) en el Oeste de Pando.
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Rapid diversification rates in Amazonian Chrysobalanaceae inferred from plastid genome phylogenetics
We studied the evolutionary history of Chrysobalanaceae with phylogenetic analyses of complete plastid genomes from 156 species to assess the tempo of diversification in the Neotropics and help to unravel the causes of Amazonian plant diversification. These plastid genomes had a mean length of 162 204 base pairs, and the...Chave, Jerome ; Sothers, Cynthia ; Iribar, Amaia ; Suescun, Uxue ; Chase, Mark W …
tropical forest, phylogenetic inference, Amazonia, Malpighiales, and molecular dating