The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity

Costa, Denise Pinheiro da; Nadal, Fernanda; Rocha, Tainá

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“…However, knowledge of diversity in Brazil is highly uneven, the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being much more densely sampled than the Amazon, Caatinga, Pantanal, and Pampa (Antonelli & al., 2018; Stropp & al., 2020). For instance, recent studies have shown that about 50% of the Amazon is undersampled (see Costa & al., 2020; Stropp & al., 2020; Gomes‐da‐Silva & Forzza, 2021). The Amazon flora is also underrepresented in herbaria (Paton & al., 2020), highlighting the great need for improved collection efforts in this phytogeographic domain.…”

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“…To address this issue, we should focus collection efforts on taxa with low sampling efforts or in undersampled areas (Antonelli & al., 2018; Paton & al., 2020; Stropp & al., 2020). For example, Amazonia remains the most undersampled region in the country (see Costa & al., 2020; Ritter & al., 2020; Stropp & al., 2020; Gomes‐da‐Silva & Forzza, 2021). Also undersampled are Brazil's mesophotic ecosystems (deep‐water habitats), which are home to the most extensive beds of rhodoliths in the world.…”

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Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

Gomes‐da‐Silva¹,

Filardi²,

Barbosa³

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The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora.

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Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

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Barbosa³

et al. 2021

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“…The Amazon is the biggest forest in Brazil, and the knowledge of the bryophyte species in this forest comes from the studies of Costa et al (2020); Lisboa (1976Lisboa ( , 1984Lisboa ( , 1985Lisboa ( , 1994; Lisboa and Ilkiu-Borges (1997); Lisboa and Maciel (1994); Santiago (1997); Griffin (1979); Ilkiu-Borges and Lisboa (2004aLisboa ( , 2004b; Ilkiu-Borges et al (2004); Moraes and Lisboa (2006); Spruce (1861Spruce ( , 1884, Zartman and Ilkiu-Borges (2007); Yano (1992) and Yano & Camara (2004). Additionally, there are taxonomic studies that use the meager number of specimens housed in Brazilian herbaria that are the basis of our knowledge of Amazon bryophytes.…”

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Bryophytes collected by Rudolf M. schuster in Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

Peralta,

Yano

2023

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The objective of this work was to identify and disseminate the list of species collected by Dr. Rudolf Mathias Schuster in the Projeto Flora Amazônica expedition to Rio Negro. We analyzed 929 specimens without any determination housed at SP herbarium from duplicates received as a donation from the INPA herbarium. We found 164 species in 63 genera including isotypes of Cololejeunea schusteri Pócs, Pycnolejeunea remotistipula C.J.P.Bastos & C.E.Zartman and Telaranea tenuifolia (R.M.Schust.) J.Engel & Merrill.This species number is 28% of the bryophytes and 54% of the liverwort species cited for the Amazon Biome.

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“…Representatives of this group are common in all ecosystems (except salt water ecosystems), where they play important roles [4]. Bryophytes can be found in tropical forests [5,6], Antarctica [7,8], and deserts [9][10][11], as well as other sites difficult for plants to access. Due to their tolerance of lack of light, they can develop in places with limited access to light, e.g., caves [12][13][14].…”

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Modern Use of Bryophytes as a Source of Secondary Metabolites

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Bryophytes constitute a heterogeneous group of plants which includes three clades: approximately 14,000 species of mosses (Bryophyta), 6000 species of liverworts (Marchantiophyta), and 300 species of hornworts (Anthocerotophyta). They are common in almost all ecosystems, where they play important roles. Bryophytes lack developed physical barriers, yet they are rarely attacked by herbivores or pathogens. Instead, they have acquired the ability to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites with diverse functions, such as phytotoxic, antibacterial, antifungal, insect antifeedant, and molluscicidal activities. Secondary metabolites in bryophytes can also be involved in stress tolerance, i.e., in UV-absorptive and drought- and freezing-tolerant activities. Due to these properties, for centuries bryophytes have been used to combat health problems in many cultures on different continents. Currently, scientists are discovering new, unique compounds in bryophytes with potential for practical use, which, in the age of drug resistance, may be of considerable importance. The aim of this review is to present bryophytes as a potential source of compounds with miscellaneous possible uses, with a focus on volatile compounds and antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic potential, and as sources of materials for further promising research. The paper also briefly refers to the methods of compound extraction and acquisition. Formulas of compounds were drawn by the authors using ChemDraw software (PerkinElmer, Boston, MA, USA) with reference to data published in various papers, the ACD/Labs dictionary database, PubChem, and Scopus. The data were gathered in February 2022.

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The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity

Cited by 9 publications

References 75 publications

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

Bryophytes collected by Rudolf M. schuster in Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

Modern Use of Bryophytes as a Source of Secondary Metabolites

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