Influence of biological and social‐historical variables on the time taken to describe an angiosperm

Abstract

Results support four recommendations to hasten discovery of new species: (1) preferential collecting of plants below 2.6 m, at least in the Cerrado; (2) access to undetermined material in herbaria; (3) fieldwork in areas where narrow-endemic species occur; (4) fieldwork by knowledgeable botanists followed by descriptive activity by the same.

Does spatial and seasonal variability in fleshy-fruited trees affect fruit availability? A case study in gallery forests of Central Brazil

“…This would tend to affect plant species that take more than a month after flowering for the first mature fruits to appear, since PPI are based on monthly scores. Conversely, the herbarium record is probably biased towards mature fruits, since plants with mature fleshy fruits may be more likely to be collected than those with immature fruit (Cavallin et al 2016).…”

A new species of Aetanthus (Loranthaceae) from Colombia with notes on A. engelsii

“…Kuijt (2009Kuijt ( , 2014 reports that it is common that Loranthaceae taxa are known only from a few localities and usually, taxonomic novelties are published based on a single gathering. This may be due to habit-imposed difficulties and collectors' taxonomic interests (Cavallin et al, 2016).…”

Exponential rise in the discovery of endemic plants underscores the need to conserve the Indian savannas

“…Contrary to the prevailing notion, emerging floristics research in TGBs shows considerable endemism, often showing an increase in the new endemic plants being described over time (Cavallin et al, 2016;Miola et al, 2020). The case of Malagasy grasslands is an ideal example to illustrate this.…”