Acta Bottanica Brasilica - 23 (2), 2009

Contents (Volume 23, Number 2, 2009]

Characterization of the phytobenthic assemblage at Kutuca beach, Marambaia island, Sepetiba bay, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Reis, Renata Perpetuo

Thermal-dependence of seed germination in Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. (Cariophyllaceae)
Cardoso, Victor José Mendes; Pereira, Fernando Jorge Muniz

Myxomycetes de Floresta Atlântica: novas referencias de Trichiales, Liceales e Stemonitales para o Estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do Brasil
Costa, Antônia Aurelice Aurélio; Tenório, Juciara Carneiro Gouveia; Ferreira, Inaldo do Nascimento; Cavalcanti, Laise de Holanda

New records of Hyphomycetes from Bahia State, Brazil
Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues; Maia, Leonor Costa; Gusmao, Luís Fernando Pascholati

Flora of Paraíba, Brazil: Solanum L., Solanaceae
Loiola, Maria Iracema Bezerra; Rocha, Emerson Antonio; Baracho, George Sidney; Agra, Maria de Fátima

Effects of cadmium on the anatomy and photosynthesis of two aquatic macrophytes
Souza, Vânia Lima; Silva, Delmira da Costa; Santana, Kaline Benevides; Mielke, Marcelo Schramm; Almeida, Alex-Alan Furtado de; Mangabeira, Pedro Antonio Oliveira; Rocha, Emerson Antônio

Seasonal and spatial structure of microphytoplankton in the tropical estuary of Formoso River, Pernambuco State, Brazil
Silva, Marcos Honorato da; Silva-Cunha, Maria da Glória Gonçalves da; Passavante, José Zanon de Oliveira; Grego, Christiana Kelly da Silva; Muniz, Kátia

Mosses (Bryophyta) from a fragment of Atlantic Forest in the Jibóia Mountains, Santa Terezinha municipality, Bahia State, Brazil
Valente, Emilia de Brito; Pôrto, Kátia Cavalcanti; Vilas Bôas-Bastos, Silvana Brito; Bastos, Cid José Passos
Ultra-structural aspects of secretory canals in vegetative and reproductive organs of Anacardiaceae
Lacchia, Ana Paula Stechhahn; Guerreiro, Sandra Maria Carmello

Fruit and seed morphology and morpho-anatomy of seedlings of Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.) Moldenke (Lamiaceae)
Cosmo, Nelson Luiz; Gogosz, Alessandra Mara; Nogueira, Antônio Carlos; Bona, Cleusa; Kuniyoshi, Yoshiko Saito

Leaf structural organization of Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) L.R. Landrum, Myrtaceae
Farias, Vanessa de; Rocha, Ledyane Dalgallo; Preussler, Karla Heloise; Maranho, Leila Teresinha

Secondary compounds during leaf decomposition of tree species in a stream in southern Brazil
Hepp, Luiz Ubiratan; Delanora, Rogério; Trevisan, André

Floristics and phytosociology of grassland vegetation subject to sandy desertification in southwestern Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Freitas, Elisete Maria de; Boldrini, Ilsi Iob; Müller, Sandra Cristina; Verdum, Roberto

New reports of Eunotia Ehrenberg (Eunotiaceae-Bacillariophyta) for Rio Grande do Sul State and Brazil
Bicca, Aline Brugalli; Torgan, Lezilda Carvalho

Wood anatomy and basic density of Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tul. (Fabaceae), an endemic species of Northeast Brazil
Silva, Lazaro Benedito da; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos; Gasson, Peter; Cutler, David

Two new species of Polygala (Polygalaceae) from Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás State, Brazil
Pastore, José Floriano Barea; Marques, Maria do Carmo Mendes

Seed rain in a seasonal semideciduous forest at Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Campos, Érica Pereira de; Vieira, Milene Faria; Silva, Alexandre Francisco da; Martins, Sebastiao Venâncio; Carmo, Flavia Maria da Silva; Moura, Vitor Moreira; Ribeiro, Acaua Santos de Saboya

Chytridiales (Chytridiomycota) from Serra da Cantareira State Park, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
Nascimento, Cristiane de Almeida; Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen Lidia Amorim

Light utilization strategies and developmental stability of Cordia superba Cham. (Boraginaceae) seedlings grown in different light environments
Souza, Gustavo Maia; Balmant, Bruno Depieri; Vítolo, Hilton Fabrício; Gomes, Karina Bornia Pedroso; Florentino, Thiago Martins; Catuchi, Tiago Aranda; Vieira, Willyam de Lima

The genus Piptocarpha R.Br. (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) in the Paraná state, Brazil
Grokoviski, Larissa; Cervi, Armando Carlos; Tardivo, Rosângela Capuano

Stomatal traits of cerrado and gallery forest congeneric pairs growing in a transitional region in central Brazil
Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo; Hoffmann, William Arthur; Franco, Augusto César

Structural organization of Persea major Kopp bark (Lauraceae)
Maranho, Leila Teresinha; Preussler, Karla Heloise; Rocha, Ledyane Dalgallo

Scanning electron microscopy of the leaf epidermis of Merostachys Spreng. (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)
Gomes, Doria Maria Saiter; Neves, Léa de Jesus

Reproductive success of four species of Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae)
Silva, André Luiz Gomes da; Pinheiro, Maria Célia Bezerra

Floristic composition of seasonal riparian forests in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil
Baptista-Maria, Vivian Ribeiro; Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro; Damasceno Junior, Geraldo; Maria, Fabrício de Souza; Souza, Vinicius Castro

A new species of Coussarea Aubl. (Rubiaceae) from the atlantic forest of Bahia state, Brazil
Pereira, Maria do Socorro; Barbosa, Maria Regina de V.

Growth of Pistia stratiotes in different temperature and photoperiod regimes
Cancian, Leonardo Farage; Camargo, Antonio Fernando Monteiro; Silva, Gustavo Henrique Gonzaga

Bryophytes of Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Imbassahy, Caio Amitrano de Alencar; Costa, Denise Pinheiro da; Araujo, Dorothy Sue Dunn de

Variation in aboveground biomass and necromass of two invasive species in the Atlantic rainforest, southeast Brazil
Portela, Rita Cássia Quitete; Matos, Dalva Maria Silva; Siqueira, Ludmila Pugliese de; Braz, Maria Isabel Guedes; Silva-Lima, Leonardo; Marrs, Robert Hunter

Ethnobotany, anatomy and physicochemical characterization of essential oil of Baccharis obovata Hook. et Arn. (Asteraceae: Astereae)
Molares, Soledad; González, Silvia Beatriz; Ladio, Ana; Agueda Castro, María

Review

Advances in ethnobotany research in Brazil
Oliveira, Flávia Camargo de; Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de; Fonseca-Kruel, Viviane Stern da; Hanazaki, Natalia

Point of View

A profile of the impact of Acta Botanica Brasilica: reflections on how to improve visibility and recognition of a scientific journal
Scarano, Fabio Rubio; De Toni, Karen; Amarante, Cristiana Vasconcellos Goulart


___________________