Vascular epiphytes in seasonal semideciduous forest in the Espírito Santo State and similarity with other seasonal forests in Eastern Brazil

In this study, we evaluated the floristic composition of vascular epiphytes in seasonal semideciduous forest fragments of the Itapemirim River basin, Southern State of Espírito Santo, in order to verify its similarity to other semideciduous forests studied in Brazil. Excursions were conducted every fortnight between June 2008 and May 2009, and epiphytes were collected and recorded (55 species, 34 genera and six families). Orchidaceae (21 species) was the richest family, whereas the genera presenting the greatest richness were Tillandsia (seven), Rhipsalis (four), Aechmea, Epidendrum and Peperomia (three species each). The category the most representative was characteristics holoepiphytes (84%). The riparian forests were the most important environments for the epiphytic flora. Similarity analysis and PCA supported four groups, where the study area appears disjointed from the others, supporting the hypothesis that geographical proximity, elevation and climate have a strong effect on the floristic composition, conditioning the formation of distinct floras. Detailed surveys on the floristic composition and structure of this community are important for the elaboration of studies on coherent environmental impacts, since epiphytes are typical in tropical rainforests, and they are an important floristic, structural and functional component of these ecosystems.

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Vascular epiphytes in the Grumari restinga, RJ: floristic and similarities between restingas in Eastern Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽

10.1590/2175-7860201768205 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 68 (2) ◽

pp. 337-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dayvid Rodrigues Couto ◽

Fernando Perez Uribbe ◽

Suara S.A. Jacques ◽

Talitha Mayumi Fracisco ◽

Rosana C. Lopes

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Vascular Epiphytes ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

Espirito Santo

Resumo A comunidade de epífitas vasculares ocorrente na restinga de Grumari, estado do Rio de Janeiro, foi avaliada através de coletas realizadas no ano de 2014 e complementadas com materiais de herbários e publicações. 37 espécies de epífitas vasculares foram registradas, distribuídas em 21 gêneros e seis famílias. As famílias mais ricas são Orchidaceae e Bromeliaceae, que foram as mais representativas (67,6% de todas as espécies registradas). A riqueza na restinga de Grumari é maior do que os outros inventários realizados na planície costeira do Sudeste do Brasil, no entanto, inferior as restingas de São Paulo, Paraná e da planície costeira do Rio Grande do Sul. A categoria ecológica mais representativa foi a holoepífita característica (62%) seguida por holoepífitas facultativas e acidentais com 18% cada. A restinga de Grumari possui mais espécies em comum com as restingas do Espírito Santo e Rio de Janeiro do que com São Paulo e região Sul do Brasil, possivelmente em função da distância geográfica. Nosso estudo traz a primeira contribuição ao conhecimento da flora epifítica da restinga de Grumari e evidencia uma flora singular com 40% das espécies exclusivas dessa localidade, o que justifica sua importância como Unidade de Conservação.

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Living in Atlantic forest fragments: life habits, behaviour, and colony structure of the cockroach Monastria biguttata (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae, Blaberinae) in Espirito Santo, Brazil

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z03-191 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 81 (12) ◽

pp. 1929-1937 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

R Pellens ◽

P Grandcolas

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Forest Understory ◽

Forest Fragments ◽

Colony Structure ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Rainy Period ◽

The North ◽

Life Habits ◽

Espirito Santo

The life habits, behaviour, and colony structure of the cockroach Monastria biguttata were studied during 2 years in remnants of the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Monastria biguttata was abundant, conspicuous, and ubiquitous in the semideciduous forest in the north of Espirito Santo, Brazil. It was found in forest fragments of various sizes and disturbance levels, but never in the surrounding plantations. Adults and nymphs were found in colonies of 2.8–11.6 cockroaches, grasping the bark of the underside of dead trunks that were clumped on the ground, in the forest understory. The cockroaches were very sedentary, moved extremely slowly, and immediately froze when disturbed. Based on their brooding behaviour and aggregated distribution on trunks, they appeared to be gregarious with only a slow spread during nymphal development. Brood birth took place during the rainy period, and nymphs developed into adults in a minimum of 2 years. Brood size and egg number in oothecae were not very high (23.0 ± 1.5 and 31.1 ± 1.7 (mean ± SE), respectively). All these traits were analysed to understand the survival of species in forest fragments.

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A new species of Anthurium Schott (Araceae) in a seasonal semideciduous forest in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.217.1.7 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 217 (1) ◽

pp. 80

Author(s):

Rodrigo Theófilo Valadares ◽

Cassia Monica Sakuragui

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Similar Species ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

Seasonal Semideciduous Forest ◽

A New Species

The state of Espírito Santo is located in Southeastern Brazil and occupies 45,597 km² within the Atlantic Forest domain. The flora of the state is still in progress, and families such as the Araceae represent groups that have not yet been representatively sampled. Sampling efforts in the Southern areas of the state revealed the existence of a new species of Anthurium, related to A. cleistanthum, A. truncatum and A. molle. Here, we describe and illustrate this species and present a comparative analysis with the most similar species. To date, the species is known only from the type locality, occurring in forests that cover limestone outcrops.

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Ferns and Lycophytes from fragments of semideciduous forest in central Espírito Santo, Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽

10.1590/2175-7860201768528 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 68 (5) ◽

pp. 1977-1986 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nelson Túlio Lage Pena ◽

Felipe Zamborlini Saiter ◽

Glória Maria de Farias Viégas-Aquije

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

Forest Fragments ◽

Disturbance History ◽

Effective Protection ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Forest Remnants ◽

Fern Species ◽

Main Representative ◽

Espirito Santo

Abstract This study presents a checklist of lycophytes and ferns from secondary semideciduous forests in São João de Petrópolis, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil. We recorded 37 species (four lycophytes and 33 ferns) belonging to nine families and 17 genera. Selaginella is the only genus representing lycophytes whereas Adiantum, Anemia and Asplenium are the main representative genera for ferns. Most species are lithophytes (48.6%) or terrestrial (21.6%). Epiphytes are scarce (8.2%), and we did not record any arborescent, hemiepiphyte or scandent species. Climate seasonality, reduced size of forest fragments, and disturbance history may explain the low richness in the site. We recorded the occurrence of a regionally threatened fern species, namely, Asplenium austrobrasiliense, and revealed the first record of Asplenium otites in Espírito Santo. This demonstrates the biological relevance of semideciduous forest remnants in Espírito Santo and reinforces arguments for their effective protection.

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The confused taxonomy of Pseudolaelia irwiniana (Orchidaceae) with two new synonyms

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 482 (3) ◽

pp. 297-299

Author(s):

CASSIO VAN DEN BERG ◽

LUIZ MENINI NETO

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Campos Rupestres ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

New Synonyms ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

Endemic Genera ◽

Rocky Outcrops ◽

Phylogenetic Affinities ◽

Espirito Santo

Pseudolaelia Campos Porto & Brade (1935: 209) is a small orchid genus in subtribe Laeliinae. Its phylogenetic affinities place it near several small, endemic genera which constitute an isolated lineage in eastern Brazil, together with Adamantinia Van den Berg & Gonçalves (2004: 231), Constantia Barbosa Rodrigues (1877: 78), Isabelia Barbosa Rodrigues (1877: 75) and Leptotes Lindley (1833: t. 1625). All these genera have comparatively fewer species within the subtribe, and the main centre of distribution are the Brazilian Campos Rupestres, and other granitic rocky outcrops in the Brazilian States of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. Also, several species in Pseudolaelia, Constantia and Leptotes are epiphytes on Vellozia sp., considered a very specialized type of epiphytism (van den Berg et al. 2006, Porembsky 2008).

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Taxonomic implications of morphological variation in three species of Trinomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from eastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3919.1.3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3919 (1) ◽

pp. 61 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JERONYMO DALAPICOLLA ◽

YURI L. R. LEITE

Keyword(s):

Morphological Variation ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

The State ◽

Geographic Ranges ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

North Bank ◽

Taxonomic Implications ◽

The Right ◽

Espirito Santo

Trinomys is a genus of terrestrial spiny rats from the Atlantic Forest, and three species occur in the state of Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil: T. gratiosus, T. paratus, and T. setosus. The levels of morphological variation within and among these species are virtually unknown, and their geographic ranges have not been properly assessed. These three species are externally very similar, hampering their identification in surveys and ecological studies that are not based on voucher specimens. We evaluated 162 specimens of Trinomys spp. from eastern Brazil, especially from the state of Espírito Santo, and used data from skulls, skins, and bacula to examine morphological variation and its taxonomic implications. We found extensive morphological variation in the skins and skulls even when diagnostic characters were examined, such as the number of dental lophs and bones contributing to the postorbital process. We also found variation in bacular shape among and within species, including polymorphism among individuals from the same population. The geographic range of each species in Espírito Santo was well defined: T. setosus occurred on the left (north) bank of the Doce River, and the other two species, T. gratiosus and T. paratus, occurred on the right (south) bank of this river; however, T. gratiosus was found at altitudes above 500 m, whereas T. paratus occurred below 580 m. Despite difficulties in species identification, the results of morphological and morphometric analyses are compatible with the current classification of these three species. In addition, the level of morphological variation found in specimens identified as T. g. panema—including types—falls within the range of T. g. gratiosus, confirming the taxonomic status of the former as a junior synonym of the latter.

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Species composition of climbers in seasonal semideciduous forest fragments of Southeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032009000400018 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 175-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Karin dos Santos ◽

Luiza Sumiko Kinoshita ◽

Andréia Alves Rezende

Keyword(s):

Floristic Composition ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Forest Site ◽

Forest Fragments ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Forest Remnants ◽

Mean Similarity ◽

Made In

In this study we evaluated floristic composition patterns of communities of climbers within ten inventories carried out in semideciduous forest fragments of southeastern Brazil. One of the inventories is original, being carried out for the present study in Ribeirão Cachoeira forest, Campinas, São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil. This inventory was then pooled together to other nine climbers' inventories made in other forests of Southeastern Brazil to form a data base, which was examined regarding species richness, similarity, species distribution and climbing methods. The total number of species obtained was 355, belonging to 145 genera and 43 families. The ten most diverse families Bignoniaceae (45 species), Fabaceae (42), Malpighiaceae (36), Asteraceae (31), Apocynaceae (29), Sapindaceae (28), Convolvulaceae (21), Cucurbitaceae (14), Passifloraceae (10), and Euphorbiaceae (8) contributed to 74.4% of the total number of species recorded. The commonest climbing method in the studied sites was main stem or branch twining, accounting for 178 species or 50.1% of the total, the second commonest was tendril climbing (121 species, 34.1%), and the least, scrambling (56 species, 15.8%). We found a high percentage of exclusive species i.e., those occurring in only one forest site, which accounted for 49.3% of the total recorded. The mean similarity among forest sites (30%) may be considered low. The climbing species contribution to the total wood plant richness recorded on the forests sites was very high in some of the sites (up to 52.5%). These results indicated the importance of climber communities to plant diversity for semideciduous forests in Southeastern Brazil, enhancing the regional diversity and the conservation value of these forest remnants.

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