Taxonomic diversity and composition of communities of vascular epiphytes: a case study in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil

• Grant number: 18/04121-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Plant Taxonomy
• Principal Investigator: Julio Antonio Lombardi
• Grantee: Julio Antonio Lombardi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Gabriel Mendes Marcusso

Abstract

The present project aims to inventory and analyze the vascular epiphytic flora in three Conservation Units of the Espírito Santo State, Southeastern Brazil, aiming to: a) know the taxonomic diversity and composition of the communities of vascular epiphytes in these Conservation Units; b) evaluate if the diversity and composition vary between different altitudinal ranges (ca. 400 to 1600 m); and c) evaluate if the composition and diversity are related to environmental factors related to altitude. There will be collected botanical material in the areas of Conservation Units, which are little collected and do not have any type of study like the proposed here,. We will try to keep in greenhouse any specimen collected sterile, to obtain plants in a fertile state, which will increase the quality and sample power of the study. This proposal requests resources for the execution of a research project as part of the Doctor grade thesis of Gabriel Mendes Marcusso, started in March 2017 in the Graduate Program in Biological Sciences (Plant Biology) of UNESP of Rio Claro. In terms of bibliographic production, in addition to the thesis, this proposal will also result in scientific articles in the area of floristics and phytogeography. This project will also include the collection of large numbers of specimens to be incorporated into the collection of Brazilian herbaria, contributing to the enrichment of the biological collections. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GABRIEL MENDES MARCUSSO; LUIZ MENINI NETO; JULIO ANTONIO LOMBARDI. Plants in the clouds: vascular epiphytes of Pedra Azul, a mountain top in Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil. Rodriguésia, v. 73, 2022-03-07. (18/04121-0)

LOMBARDI, JULIO ANTONIO. A new species of Peritassa (Celastraceae) from Esp & iacute;rito Santo, Brazil. PHYTOTAXA, v. 491, n. 1, p. 79-84, MAR 17 2021. (18/04121-0)

LEONARDO BIRAL; GABRIEL MENDES MARCUSSO. Flora of Espírito Santo: Celastroideae (Celastraceae). Rodriguésia, v. 74, 2023-08-11. (18/04121-0)

MARCUSSO, GABRIEL MENDES; NETO, LUIZ MENINI; LOMBARDI, JULIO ANTONIO. Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve vascular epiphytes: a hotspot in the mountains of the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil. PHYTOTAXA, v. 545, n. 1, p. 29-pg., 2022-05-05. (18/04121-0)

MARCUSSO, GABRIEL MENDES; KAMIMURA, VITOR DE ANDRADE; BORGIANI, RENAN; MENINI NETO, LUIZ; LOMBARDI, JULIO ANTONIO. Phytogeographic Meta-Analysis of the Vascular Epiphytes in the Neotropical Region. BOTANICAL REVIEW, v. N/A, p. 25-pg., 2022-01-20. (18/04121-0)