Succulent plants represent a large functional group of drought-resistant plants that store
water in specialized tissues. Several co-adaptive traits accompany this water-storage …

Identifying discontinuous entities within species complexes is a major topic in systematic
and evolutionary biology. Comprehensive inventories describing and identifying species …

A taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae is presented based on a
multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny (viz., plastid DNA loci rpoB-trnC-petN, trnK-matK-trnK …

The genus Stigmatodon occurs in vertical and bare granite slopes, typical of the inselbergs
of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here, we present the first broad phylogenetic analysis …

Vriesea is the second largest genus in Tillandsioideae, the most diverse subfamily of
Bromeliaceae. Although recent studies focusing on Tillandsioideae have improved the …

The taxonomic delimitation of Vriesea is challenging because several diagnostic traits of the
genus are shared with other genera in Tillandsioideae. The genus has no unique …

Bromeliaceae display many water-use strategies, from leaf impounding tanks to
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis and absorbing trichomes. Recent …

Advances in and perspectives on evolution in Bromeliaceae | Botanical Journal of the Linnean
Society | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement Oxford Academic Journals …

Floral nectar is the most important reward for pollinators and an integral component of the
pollination syndrome. Nectar research has mainly focused on sugars or amino acids …

One of the largest (ca. 450 accepted names) and most widely distributed genera of
Bromeliaceae is Pitcairnia, with species occurring in Mexico, Central America, the West …