Neotropical Lecythidoideae

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Parabotanist Edmilson Souza (left) and botanist Lorena Rodrigues (right) collecting Lecythidaceae in the Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas. Image credit © 2019 SC Amoêdo.

Morphology of fruits, seeds and seedlings of Lecythidoideae

Description

Due to the lack of morphological studies focused on the fruits, seeds, and especially seedlings of Amazonian Lecythidoideae, this project had the following objectives: to describe in detail the morphology of these structures based on the development and function of each organ; to review the morphology of fruits and seeds from newly collected material and supplement previous descriptions; to evaluate the use of these characteristics for taxonomic application; and to provide identification keys at the generic level for seeds and seedlings and at the specific level for fruits.

Funding/ Partners

  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

  • Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais (PDBFF)

  • INPA herbarium

  • Museu da Amazônia (MUSA)

Leadership

  • Lorena P. F. Rodrigues

Collaborators

  • Isolde D. K. Ferraz

  • Caroline C. Vasconcelos

  • Bruno S. Amorim

  • Lilian C. Procópio

  • Mariana R. Mesquita

  • José L. C. Camargo

This project is part of the master thesis of Lorena P. F. Rodrigues in the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica (PPG-BOT) at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) supported by a fellowship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES; process no. 88882.444392/2019-01).
Completed
Caroline C. Vasconcelos
Caroline C. Vasconcelos
Research Fellow

My research interests include taxonomy and systematics (especially neotropical Sapotaceae), spectroscopy as a integrative tools, Amazonian flora, species distribution modeling, floristic studies, and tropical forest ecology.

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