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Understanding how geography drives evolutionary processes in the campos rupestres
Project summary:
My goal is to understand phylogenetic relationships and diversity within the campos rupestres using Begonia Section Tetrachia Brade as a model group. Also, I plan on understanding diversification and niche evolution patterns for the species in this genus to elucidate whether campos rupestres acted as an interglacial refugium. Finally, I will use niche modelling analyses to assess if future climatic changes projected for the year 2080 will impact the future distribution of these species. Hopefully, this study will serve as an example to other floristic studies conducted in the campos rupestres.
First Name:
Maria Beatriz de Souza Cortez
Highest degree:
Masters
Year obtained:
2017
Applicant Status:
Current student
United States of America
Flowering plants
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
Cortez, M. B., Sforça, D. A., Alves, F. M., Vidal, J. D., Alves-Pereira, A., Mori, G. M., Andreotti, I. A., Nascimento, J. E., Bittrich, V., Zucchi, M. I., Amaral, M. C. E., Souza, A. P. (2019) Elucidating the species “complex” Clusia criuva: cryptic taxa can exhibit great genetic and geographic variation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 190: 67 – 82. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz004
Vidal, J. D., Cortez, M. B., Alves, F. M., Koehler, S., Souza, A. P., Koch, I. (2018) Development and cross-validation of microsatellite markers for Rauvolfia weddelliana Müll.Arg. (Apocynaceae) species complex. Brazilian Journal of Botany, 41(3): 681 – 686. http://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-018-0465-9
Hodel, R. G. J., Cortez, M. B. de S., Soltis, P. S., & Soltis, D. E. (2016). Comparative phylogeography of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) and red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in Florida: Testing the maritime discontinuity in coastal plants. American Journal of Botany, 103(4): 1–10. http://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500260
Soltis, D. E., Segovia-Salcedo, M. C., Jordon-Thaden, I., Majure, L., Miles, N. M., Mavrodiev, E. V., Mei, W., Cortez, M. B., Soltis, P. S. & Gitzendanner, M. A. (2014) Are polyploids really evolutionary dead-ends (again)? A critical reappraisal of Mayrose. New Phytologist, 202 (4): 1105 – 1117. http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12756
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University of Florida
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