An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into
the country's biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and …

Background Botanists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists are familiar with the
astonishing species richness and endemism of the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region and …

New remote sensing data on vegetation cover and restoration opportunities bring hope to
the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one of the hottest of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots …

Abstract The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the
Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and …

Tropical forests are being deforested worldwide, and the remaining fragments are suffering
from biomass and biodiversity erosion. Quantifying this erosion is challenging because …

Despite its recognition as an important global resource for conservation, the International
Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species only provides …

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 …

The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and
the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical …

Background Ocbil theory aims to develop hypotheses explaining the evolution and ecology
of, and best conservation practices for, biota on very old, climatically buffered, infertile …

The bryoflora of Brazil comprises 1,524 species, 117 families, and 413 genera (11
hornworts, 633 liverworts, and 880 mosses). The most diverse families of liverworts are …