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Systematics, phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary history of a neotropical montane genus: Actinocephalus (Körn.) Sano (Eriocaulaceae)

Project summary:

This project aims to test the new classification of Eriocaulaceae, through phylogenomic studies using the Angiosperms353 kit, focusing on Actinocephalus and its sister clade, comprising Coracoralina and Floralia. The grant will be used to increase fieldwork efforts and visit the historical collections of B and R.

First Name:

Roberto Baptista Pereira de Almeida

Highest degree:

MSc

Year obtained:

2024

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Current student

Brazil

Flowering plants

Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):

Almeida, R.B.P., Andrino, C. O., Sauthier, L. J., Sano, P. T., & Maria Giulietti-Harley, A. (2025). Paepalanthus roqueae: a new critically endangered Eriocaulaceae in campo rupestre of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany, e04673.

Baronio, G. J., Bressan, A. C. G., Almeida, R. B. P., & Pivello, V. R. (2024). Vegetation dynamics after fire in the Brazilian Campo Rupestre: Effects on native plant communities and flower harvesting. Flora, 320, 152611.

Almeida, R. B. P., Murer, B. M., & Sano, P. T. (2023). What is being published on floristics? an overview of floristic studies carried out in the Espinhaço Range. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 37, e20220267.

Brazil Flora Group, Gomes‐da‐Silva, J., Filardi, F. L., Barbosa, M. R. V., Baumgratz, J. F. A., Bicudo, C. E., ... & Cabral, T. S. (2022). Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network. Taxon, 71(1), 178-198.

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Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo. Brazil.

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