The substrates of the Brazilian campos rupestre s, a grassland ecosystem, have extremely
low concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen, imposing restrictions to plant growth …

Sucupira‐branca is a popular name for the papilionoid legume tree genus Pterodon
(Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), which is amply distributed across South American …

Mapping biodiversity patterns across taxa and environments is crucial to address the
evolutionary and ecological dimensions of species distribution, suggesting areas of …

Aim Plant lineages are disproportionally diverse in areas characterised by specific climatic
regimes. The campos rupestres habitats in the mountains of Eastern/Central Brazil, for …

The increase in rates of habitat loss requires an understanding of how biodiversity is
distributed. Campo rupestre is an old, climatically buffered, and infertile landscape located in …

This chapter summarizes the taxonomic history, phylogeny, and biogeographic relationships
of the Lavoisiereae together with a descriptive characterization emphasizing morphological …

This paper is an introduction to the special issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society entitled OCBIL theory: a new science for old ecosystems. Firstly, we elaborate on the …

Mountains are renowned for their bountiful biodiversity. Explanations on the origin of such
abundant life are usually regarded to their orogenic history. However, ancient mountain …

Our knowledge of the systematics of the papilionoid legume tribe Brongniartieae has greatly
benefitted from recent advances in molecular phylogenetics. The tribe was initially described …

The campos rupestres and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Inselbergs (BAFI) are highly diverse
vegetation types that grow on mountaintops of eastern Brazil and show outstanding levels of …