Espinhaço and Mantiqueira are two mountain ranges of great importance in Brazil. In the
uppermost parts of these areas, unique ecosystems occur, generally associated with rock …

RESUMO Complexos Rupestres de Altitude compreendem biomas singulares que ocorrem
nas cimeiras das principais cadeias montanhosas do Brasil. Diferem-se dos biomas …

Abstract The Rupestrian Grassland is a vegetational complex with grassy to shrubby
formations that occur throughout the high mountains of Brazil, usually formed by structurally …

Vegetation and soil properties of an iron-rich canga (laterite) island on the largest outcrop of
banded-iron formation in Serra de Carajás (eastern Amazonia, Brazil) were studied along a …

Lychnophora ericoides Mart.(Asteraceae, Vernonieae) is a plant, endemic to Brazil, with
occurrence restricted to the “cerrado” biome. Traditional medicine employs alcoholic and …

Lychnophora ericoides is a Brazilian medicinal plant used in folk medicine as an anti-
inflammatory and analgesic agent. The essential oils from leaves of two populations with …

Nas elevadas altitudes do sudeste brasileiro são encontrados os campos de altitude. A
fisionomia mais freqüentemente encontrada nos platôs relativamente extensos é a de …

Abstract Background and Aims Lychnophora ericoides (Asteraceae) presents disjunct
geographical distribution in cerrado rupestre in the south-east and central Brazil. The …

Abstract The Espinhaço Range, located in the states of Minas Gerais andBahia, has a type
of vegetation with one of the highest degrees of endemism inBrazil: the campos rupestres. In …

Campos rupestres (on quartzite substrates) are an enigmatic habitat mosaic characterised
by nutrient-poor (mainly phosphorus-deprived) soils and supporting grassland and scrub …