Biogeography and diversification of the Caribbean clade of Miconia (Melastomataceae): a Cuban origin underlies one of the largest Antillean radiations

LC Majure, LF Bacci, ER Bécquer… - Biological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Greater Antilles are renowned as a biodiversity hotspot and known to be
geologically complex, which has led, in part, to the generation of organismal diversity in this …

Genome size and guard cell length are associated in four species of Miconia (Miconieae, Melastomataceae)

JK Ziemmer, P Sperotto, LN Vieira, HPF Fraga… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Miconia Ruiz & Pav.(Melastomataceae) is the seventh largest genus of flowering
plants, but despite the great diversity of species (ca. 1900), no genome size (GS) studies …

Proteomic and histological analysis of in vitro callogenesis in three species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) reveals higher accumulation of proteins related to somatic …

JK Ziemmer, LN Vieira, E Amano, FA de Almeida… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, proteomics has become a powerful tool in vitro plant tissue culture research.
In Miconia, the most diverse flowering plant genus in the Neotropics, these tools together …

Plant regeneration capacity in seeds of three species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) may be related to endogenous polyamine profiles

JK Ziemmer, T dos Reis de Oliveira, C Santa-Catarina… - Protoplasma, 2024 - Springer
In plant tissue culture, differences in endogenous levels of species-specific plant growth
regulators (PGRs) may explain differences in regenerative capacity. In the case of …

[HTML][HTML] Feno-morfología de dos especies de páramo de Miconia (Melastomataceae): optimización de la floración y fructificación para mejorar la dispersión

AP Carvajal-Muñoz, ME Morales-Puentes… - Revista de Biología …, 2022 - scielo.sa.cr
Introducción: El Páramo es uno de los ecosistemas más afectados por actividades
humanas, lo que aumenta la necesidad de estudios fenológicos como base para el manejo …

[HTML][HTML] Pheno-morphology of two paramo species of Miconia (Melastomataceae): optimization of flowering and fructification to enhance dispersal

AP Carvajal-Muñoz, ME Morales-Puentes… - Revista de Biología …, 2022 - scielo.sa.cr
Objetivo: Describir la feno-morfología de Miconia ligustrina y Miconia elaeoides. Métodos:
De septiembre 2019 a febrero 2020, y de abril 2021 hasta agosto del mismo año, se …