Assessing Specialized Metabolite Diversity in the Cosmopolitan Plant Genus L.

Coevolutionary theory suggests that an arms race between plants and herbivores yields increased plant specialized metabolite diversity and the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution predicts that coevolutionary interactions vary across geographic scales. Consequently, plant specialized metabolite diversity is expected to be highest in coevolutionary hotspots, geographic regions, which exhibit strong reciprocal selection on the interacting species. Despite being well-established theoretical frameworks, technical limitations have precluded rigorous hypothesis testing.

The correct typification of (Commelinaceae).

Here, we present evidence that the alleged correction of the typification of recently proposed by Pellegrini, Forzza and Sakuragui is erroneous. Furthermore, we clarify misconceptions concerning the epitype of , the specimen B-100521014, which was collected by Friedrich Sello in southern Brazil, and is not original material for .

Ethnobotanical study of plants used for therapeutic purposes in the Atlantic Forest region, Southern Brazil.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Atlantic Forest is a biome in dangerous situation and it lacks wider information on species with medicinal purposes used by people in this area. In this study an ethnobotanical survey was conducted in Apiúna district, Brazil with the goal of assessing traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by rural communities in a region covered by Atlantic Forest.

Materials And Methods: The ethnobotanical data were collected through semi-structured interviews and a free list of plants used for medicinal purposes.

Dr. Roberto Miguel Klein Herbarium (FURB), Blumenau, Southern Brazil.

The premise of this study is to present the collection of the FURB herbarium, its collection area and type specimens, as well as its projects and contributions to the flora of the Subtropical Atlantic Forest. The FURB herbarium currently has nearly 41,000 records of vascular plants and has the largest collection of lycophytes and ferns in Southern Brazil, with more than 8,000 records. More than 4,500 scanned images of 4,436 species are available online, and it is expected that the whole collection will be scanned in less than one year.