“…Its level of endemism reaches 90% for some organisms, and only the Amazon Forest surpasses its overall 50% average endemism (Costa et al ). Despite the high degree of fragmentation and habitat loss, over the past 30 years many species have been described from this area (Morellato and Haddad ), including about 50 species of Malpighiaceae (Anderson and Gates , Anderson C. E. , , , , , , , , , , Anderson W. R. , , , , , , , Anderson and Davis , , , Amorim , , , , Sebastiani and Mamede , , Amorim and Almeida , Almeida and Amorim ).…”