Acta Botanica Brasilica - 25 (2-4), 2011

Acta Botanica Brasilica - 25 (2), 2011



Contents:

Reflections on the role of publications by scientific societies in celebration of the 25th year for Acta Botanica Brasilica
Skog, Judith E.; Weller, Stephen G.

Two new species of Borreria (Rubiaceae), synopsis and key to distinguish the species from Bahia, Brazil
Cabral, Elsa Leonor; Miguel, Laila Mabel; Salas, Roberto Manuel

Effect of diesel contaminated soil on root and leaf of Sebastiania commersoniana (Euphorbiaceae) and Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae)
Bona, Cleusa; Silva, Michella Yamamura Bardelli da; Rezende, Igor Mendonça de; Santos, Gedir de Oliveira; Souza, Luiz Antonio de; Inckot, Renata Charvet

Lichenized fungi in the Atlantic Rainforest biome, in Southern Brazil
Martins, Suzana Maria de Azevedo; Käffer, Márcia Isabel; Alves, Camila Ribeiro; Pereira, Viviane Camejo

Thermal requirements for the seeds of Brazilian species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) according to their origin
Lamarca, Edmir Vicente; Silva, Cristiana Vendrame e; Barbedo, Claudio José

Comparative study of Mimosa ophthalmocentra Mart. ex Benth and Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae) wood in the caatinga of Northeast Brazil
Silva, Lazaro Benedito da; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos; Gasson, Peter; Cutler, David

Diversity of metaxylem vessel elements in three Syagrus palms (Arecaceae) of different habits
Pace, Marcelo Rodrigo; Botânico, Marli Pereira; Angyalossy, Veronica

Allelopathic potential of aquatic macrophytes from a blind estuary
Takao, Leandro Kenji; Ribeiro, Jose Pedro Nepomuceno; Lima, Maria Ines Salgueiro

Allelopathic effects and toxicity against Artemia salina Leach of extracts of the fruit of Euterpe edulis Martius
Lima, Cristina Peitz de; Cunico, Miriam Machado; Trevisan, Roberta Rafaela; Philippsen, Andressa Frizzo; Miguel, Obdúlio Gomes; Miguel, Marilis Dallarmi

Non-overlap of hosts used by three congeneric and sympatric loranthaceous mistletoe species in an Amazonian savanna: host generalization to extreme specialization
Fadini, Rodrigo Ferreira

Taxonomic synopsis and analytical key for the genera of Solanaceae from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Soares, Edson Luís de Carvalho; Vignoli-Silva, Márcia; Mentz, Lilian Auler

Medicinal plants used in the "caiçara" community of Praia do Sono, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brito, Mariana Reis de; Senna-Valle, Luci de

Environmental degradation impact on native communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in an urban fragment of semideciduous plateau forest
Carrenho, Rosilaine; Gomes-da-Costa, Sandra Maria

Floral biology and a pollinator effectiveness test of the diurnal floral visitors of Tabernaemontana undulata Vahl. (Apocynaceae) in the understory of Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Moura, Thaysa Nogueira de; Webber, Antonio Carlos; Torres, Liliane Noemia Melo

Floral biology and visitors of Gaylussacia brasiliensis (Spr.) Meissner (Ericaceae) - a poricidal anther species pollinated by hummingbirds
Araújo, Francielle Paulina de; Farias, Yelnnia Elyze Fontes; Oliveira, Paulo Eugenio

Life-forms, pollination and seed dispersal syndromes in plant communities on ironstone outcrops, SE Brazil
Jacobi, Claudia Maria; Carmo, Flávio Fonseca do

Baniwa terminology related to Palms
Aguiar, Madalena Otaviano; Mendonça, Maria Silvia de

Medicinal plants at fairs and public markets of the Sustainable Forest District of BR-163, Pará state, Brazil
Lima, Pedro Glécio Costa; Coelho-Ferreira, Márlia; Oliveira, Regina

Effect of flooding on survival and initial growth of Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez. seedlings in semi-controlled light conditions
Pires, Luciana Andrea; Cardoso, Victor José Mendes

Morpho-anatomy of vegetative organs in seedlings of Aegiphila sellowiana Cham. (Lamiaceae) subject to flooding
Medri, Cristiano; Medri, Moacyr Eurípedes; Ruas, Eduardo Augusto; Souza, Luiz Antônio de; Medri, Paulo Souza; Sayhun, Sandra; Bianchini, Edmilson; Pimenta, José Antônio

Application of morpho-anatomical leaf characters in Campomanesia Ruiz & Pavón (Myrtaceae) taxonomy
Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe de; Funch, Ligia Silveira; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos; Landrum, Leslie Roger

Chromosome numbers in the genus Kleberiella VP Castro & Cath. (Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae) and related genera
Penha, Túlio Luiz Laitano; Correa, Andréa Macedo; Catharino, Eduardo Luís Martins

Aspects of the biology and phenology of Oryza latifolia Desv. (Poaceae) in the Pantanal wetland in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Bertazzoni, Esther Campagna; Damasceno-Júnior, Geraldo Alves

Reproductive biology of Davilla kunthii A. St-Hil. (Dilleniaceae) in Central Amazonia
Rech, André Rodrigo; Manente-Balestieri, Fatima Cristina de Lazari; Absy, Maria Lúcia

Temporal dynamics of the shrub and herbaceous layer of an area of moist grassland in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
Eugenio, Chesterton Ulysses Orlando; Munhoz, Cássia Beatriz Rodrigues; Felfili, Jeanine Maria

Diversity of arbuscular mycorrizal fungi in an impacted forest remnant - Parque Cinquentenário, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Santos, Fábio Eduardo Ferreira dos; Carrenho, Rosilaine

Morphological, anatomical and histochemical characterization of Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr. (Lythraceae)
Lusa, Makeli Garibotti; Bona, Cleusa


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Acta Botanica Brasilica - 25 (3), 2011



Contents:

Editorial: building the silver jubilee of Acta Botanica Brasilica
Melhem, Therezinha Sant'Anna

Obituário: Raimunda Conceiçao de Vilhena Potiguara - 1947 - 2011
Secco, Ricardo de S.

Species of Ganoderma P. Karst (Ganodermataceae) and Phellinus Quél. (Hymenochaetaceae) from Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, Pará, Brazil
Martins Júnior, Alcindo da Silva; Gibertoni, Tatiana Baptista; Sotao, Helen Maria Pontes

Seed germination and protocorm development of Epidendrum secundum Jacq. (Orchidaceae) in association with Epulorhiza mycorrhizal fungi
Pereira, Marlon Correa; Torres, Denise Pereira; Guimaraes, Fernanda Aparecida Rodrigues; Pereira, Olinto Liparini; Kasuya, Maria Catarina Megumi

Structural changes in Psidium guajava 'Paluma' leaves exposed to tropospheric ozone
Tresmondi, Fernanda; Alves, Edenise Segala

Cultivation of food species in urban gardens in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Siviero, Amauri; Delunardo, Thiago Andrés; Haverroth, Moacir; Oliveira, Luis Cláudio de; Mendonça, Ângela Maria Silva

Composition, community structure and vertical distribution of epiphytic ferns on Alsophila setosa Kaulf., in a Semideciduous Seasonal Forest, Morro Reuter, RS, Brazil
Schneider, Paulo Henrique; Schmitt, Jairo Lizandro

Cost-benefit analysis of industrial and homemade dendrometer bands
Carvalho, Fabrício Alvim; Felfili, Jeanine Maria

Reproductive biology and pollination of Aechmea distichantha Lem. (Bromeliaceae)
Scrok, Gilson Joao; Varassin, Isabela Galarda

New distributional data on Geastrum (Geastraceae, Basidiomycota) from Brazil
Trierveiler-Pereira, Larissa; Calonge, Francisco de Diego; Baseia, Iuri Goulart

Phytosociological analysis of a vegetation remnant in the Córrego Criminoso Basin (Taquari River Basin, Coxim District, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil): data for vegetation recovery studies
Güntzel, Adriana Maria; Dias, Nara Rocha; Coertjens, Charles Michel; Silva, Geovane Cândido da; Vieira, Evandro Alves

Is size structure a good measure of future trends of plant populations? an empirical approach using five woody species from the Cerrado (Brazilian savanna)
Virillo, Carolina Bernucci; Martins, Fernando Roberto; Tamashiro, Jorge Yoshio; Santos, Flavio Antonio Maës dos

Seasonal variation of phenolic content in galled and non-galled tissues of Calliandra brevipes Benth (Fabaceae: Mimosoidae)
Detoni, Michelle de Lima; Vasconcelos, Eveline Gomes; Rust, Naiara Miranda; Isaias, Rosy Mary dos Santos; Soares, Geraldo Luiz Gonçalves

Spatial distribution, association patterns and richness of tree species in a seasonal forest from the Serra Geral formation, southern Brazil
Sühs, Rafael Barbizan; Budke, Jean Carlos

Anatomy of the roots of nine species of Bromeliaceae (Poales) from the Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Silva, Ivone Vieira da; Scatena, Vera Lucia

Alterations in the herbaceous vegetation along a tourist trail in the Serra do Mar, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Maciel, Luísa Almeida; Siles, Maria Francisca Roncero; Bitencourt, Marisa Dantas

Structure, diversity, and spatial patterns in a permanent plot of a high Restinga forest in Southeastern Brazil
Lima, Renato Augusto Ferreira de; Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo de; Martini, Adriana Maria Zanforlin; Sampaio, Daniela; Souza, Vinícius Castro; Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro

Frugivory and potential seed dispersal by the marsupial Gracilinanus agilis (Didelphidae: Didelphimorphia) in areas of Cerrado in central Brazil
Camargo, Nícholas Ferreira de; Cruz, Ramatis Machado Scarponi; Ribeiro, Juliana Fernandes; Vieira, Emerson Monteiro

Occurrence of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. (Apocynaceae) as an invasive species in restinga vegetation
Rangel, Elisangela de Sousa; Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade

Litterfall, precipitation and nutrient fluxes in a secondary lowland rain forest in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Oziegbe, Modupe B.; Muoghalu, Joseph I.; Oke, Samson O.

Assessment of tree diversity on the islands of the Paraguay River, in the Caceres region, Pantanal, Brazil
Castrillon, Solange Kimie Ikeda; Silva, Carolina Joana da; Fernandez, José Ricardo Castrillon; Ikeda, Andrea Kyoko

Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in the Monjolinho settlement, Anastácio, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Cunha, Simone Alves da; Bortolotto, Ieda Maria

Pollen typification of Leguminosae from a priority area for conservation of Caatinga: Caesalpinioideae and Papilionoideae
Buril, Maria Teresa; Alves, Marccus; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos

The genus Phacus (Euglenophyceae), in a subtropical urban lake, in the Jardim Botânico of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Alves-da-Silva, Sandra Maria; Pereira, Viviane Camejo; Moreira, Clarissa Silva; Friedrich, Francieli

First record of Thelypteris villosa (Link) C. F. Reed (Thelypteridaceae) from Northeast Brazil
Macedo, Taís Soares; Góes Neto, Aristóteles; Nonato, Fabiana Regina

Changes to the Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Melbourne Code)
Prado, Jefferson; Hirai, Regina Yoshie; Giulietti, Ana Maria

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Acta Botanica Brasilica - 25 (4), 2011



Contents:

Editorial: Towards a new Acta Botanica Brasilica
Groppo, Milton

Tree component structure of tropical upper montane rain forests in Southern Brazil
Scheer, Maurício Bergamini; Mocochinski, Alan Yukio; Roderjan, Carlos Vellozo

Mucilage-secreting structures of Hibiscus pernambucensis Arruda (Malvaceae): distribution, morphoanatomical and histochemical characterization
Rocha, Joecildo Francisco; Pimentel, Rafael Ribeiro; Machado, Silvia Rodrigues

Comparative analysis of Melastomataceae leaf anatomy in palm swamp and cerrado sensu stricto environments
Somavilla, Nádia Sílvia; Graciano-Ribeiro, Dalva

Inventory of Dicksonia sellowiana Hook. in Santa Catarina
Gasper, André Luís de; Sevegnani, Lucia; Vibrans, Alexander Christian; Uhlmann, Alexandre; Lingner, Débora Vanessa; Verdi, Marcio; Dreveck, Susana; Stival-Santos, Anita; Brogni, Eduardo; Schmitt, Ronnie; Klemz, Guilherme

Sexual ratio and floral biology of the dioecious Neea theifera Oerst. (Nyctaginaceae) in a cerrado rupestre of central Brazil
Amorim, Felipe Wanderley; Mendes-Rodrigues, Clesnan; Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi; Oliveira, Paulo Eugenio

Physiognomy and composition of the forest vegetation in the Serra do Cipó, MG, Brazil
Santos, Matheus Fortes; Serafim, Herbert; Sano, Paulo Takeo

Distribution of the endophytic fungi community in leaves of Bauhinia brevipes (Fabaceae)
Hilarino, Mariana Patrícia Amorim; Silveira, Fernando Augusto de Oliveira e; Oki, Yumi; Rodrigues, Leonardo; Santos, Jean Carlos; Correa Junior, Ary; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Rosa, Carlos Augusto

Seasonal variation of phytoplankton functional groups in the arms of a tropical reservoir with multiple uses (SP, Brazil)
Cunha, Davi Gasparini Fernandes; Calijuri, Maria do Carmo

Characterization of the corticolous lichen community from Porto Alegre and adjacent areas, RS, Brazil
Käffer, Márcia Isabel; Alves, Camila; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Martins, Suzana Maria de Azevedo; Vargas, Vera Maria Ferrao

Structural dynamics of the woody community in a semideciduous forest in the Cerrado-Amazon Forest transition of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Mews, Henrique Augusto; Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes; Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues; Silvério, Divino Vicente

Allelopathic effects of Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet on crop weeds
Takao, Leandro Kenji; Ribeiro, Jose Pedro Nepomuceno; Lima, Maria Ines Salgueiro

Floristic and structural comparisons of two woody communities of typical and rocky cerrado in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Gomes, Letícia; Lenza, Eddie; Maracahipes, Leandro; Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes; Oliveira, Edmar Almeida de

Regeneration of Hymenaea courbaril L. in two forest fragments with different degrees of human impact
Oliveira, Washington Luis de; Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante de; Moser, Pamela; Pinheiro, Renato; Olsen, Leandro Borges

New records of crustose and microfoliose corticicolous lichens in Caatinga vegetation of the semi-arid region in Alagoas
Menezes, Aline Anjos de; Leite, Amanda Barreto Xavier; Otsuka, Amanda Yumi; Jesus, Luciana Santos de; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva

Temporal variation of phytoplankton in a lake in a permanent protected area in Alagoas State, Northeast Brazil
Silva, Karla Priscila Barros da; Costa, Manoel Messias da Silva; Guedes, Élica Amara Cecília

Richness of anamorphic fungi on the litter of Manilkara maxima, Parinari alvimii and Harleyodendron unifoliolatum in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia
Magalhaes, Dilze Maria Argôlo; Luz, Edna Dora Martins Newman; Magalhaes, Albertí Ferreira; Santos Filho, Lindolfo Pereira dos; Loguercio, Leandro Lopes; Bezerra, José Luiz

Soil quality affects seed germination and seedling development of Dimorphandra mollis: Benth. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
Fagundes, Marcílio; Camargos, Maria Gisely; Costa, Fernanda Vieira da

A synopsis of the Andropogoneae Dumort. (Poaceae) native and subspontaneous to the Island of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Neves, Bárbara Toncic; Zanin, Ana

Phosphate-solubilizing fungi isolated from a semiarid area cultivated with melon (Cucumis melo L. cv. gold mine)
Coutinho, Flavia Paiva; Cavalcanti, Maria Auxiliadora de Queiroz; Yano-Melo, Adriana Mayumi

Pollen used by Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Meliponina)
Morgado, Leila Nunes; Andrade, Rebeca Cássia; Lorenzon, Maria Cristina Affonso; Gonçalves-Esteves, Vânia

New record of the genus Conostomum Sw. (Bartramiaceae) for Brazil
Peralta, Denilson Fernandes

Allelic diversity in populations of Solanum lycocarpum A. St.-Hil (Solanaceae) in a protected area and a disturbed environment
Moura, Tânia Maria de; Sebbenn, Alexandre Magno; Martins, Karina; Moreno, Maria Andreia; Oliveira, Giancarlo Conde Xavier; Chaves, Lázaro José; Kageyama, Paulo Yoshio


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