Estimates of extinction risk for Amazonian plant and animal species are rare and not often
incorporated into land-use policy and conservation planning. We overlay spatial distribution …

No final da década de 1960, pesquisadores do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG)
iniciaram as coletas botânicas na Serra dos Carajás, resultando em um expressivo acervo e …

Aim For many taxa, inaccuracy of species boundaries and distributions hampers inferences
about diversity and evolution. This is particularly true in the Neotropics where prevalence of …

The remarkable biodiversity of the Brazilian Amazon is poorly documented and threatened
by deforestation. When undocumented areas become deforested, in addition to losing the …

This is among the first studies that associate anatomical characteristics to the environment in
the transition region between the two largest phytogeographic domains of South America …

Inselbergs are azonal formations found scattered in different biomes globally. The first
floristic list focusing on an inselberg in the Brazilian Amazon is presented here. We aimed to …

The richest butterfly communities in the world are found in the Amazon rainforest. Despite of
this, and the importance of species inventories for the knowledge of diversity patterns, there …

We characterize the vegetation types of the upper basin of the Madeira River in the Brazilan
state of Rondônia, a biodiverse region with elevated rates of habitat loss. Vegetation and …

The campo rupestre sensu lato is among the most species-rich vegetation in the world,
harbouring a high proportion of endemic species. We aimed to identify the processes that …

We present novelties on the occurrence of species belonging to the tribes Marcetieae,
Melastomateae and Pyxidantheae (Melastomataceae) derived from revision of herbarium …