Chloroplast genome assembly of Handroanthus impetiginosus: comparative analysis and molecular evolution in Bignoniaceae

MB Sobreiro, LD Vieira, R Nunes, E Novaes, E Coissac… - Planta, 2020 - Springer
Main conclusion Bignoniaceae species have conserved chloroplast structure, with hotspots
of nucleotide diversity. Several genes are under positive selection, and can be targets for …

The diversification of extant angiosperms in the South America dry diagonal

RG Collevatti, NE Lima, LC Vitorino - Neotropical diversification: Patterns …, 2020 - Springer
The evolutionary processes leading to lineage diversification in Neotropical plants are still
poorly understood. Here, we provide a synthesis of phylogeographic patterns and unravel …

Spatially-explicit analyses reveal the distribution of genetic diversity and plant conservation status in Cerrado biome

L Ballesteros-Mejia, JS Lima, RG Collevatti - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Despite the huge biodiversity of the Cerrado biome, a synthesis on the distribution of genetic
diversity across the biome is still wanting. We describe patterns of plant genetic variation …

Effects of climate changes on distribution of Eremanthus erythropappus and E. incanus (Asteraceae) in Brazil

LF Rocha, IEP do Carmo, JSR Póvoa… - Journal of forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Phylogeographic patterns of endemic species are critical keys to understand its adaptation
to future climate change. Herein, based on chloroplast DNA, we analyzed the genetic …

Seasonal and spatial variation of the iridoid specioside in monodominant formation of Tabebuia aurea in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland

D Verçosa, VSS Zanuncio… - Brazilian Journal …, 2020 - ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br
It is common in the Pantanal the occurrence of monodominant formations, such as
“paratudal” dominated by Tabebuia aurea. Although it is of high importance, little is known …

Ecological niche modelling and genetic analyses reveal lack of geographic differentiation of Leptolobium dasycarpum (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) across the …

WS Fava, PC da Costa, AP Lorenz - Flora, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Trees from Brazilian savannah (Cerrado), especially species of the family
Leguminosae, generally show genetic discontinuity among their populations. This leads to …