Abstract Background and Aims The greater diversity of plant clades in the Neotropics
compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better …

The campo rupestre is a Neotropical azonal vegetation. Its disjoint distribution and the fact
that it is an old climatic buffered infertile landscape (OCBIL) have been associated with the …

Old, climate-buffered infertile landscapes (Ocbils) have attracted increasing levels of interest
in recent years because of their exceptionally diverse plant communities. Brazil's campos …

The evolution of key innovations, novel traits that promote diversification, is often seen as
major driver for the unequal distribution of species richness within the tree of life. In this …

South America harbors the highest plant diversity on Earth. The causes of such
exceptionally high diversity remain poorly understood, despite great attention devoted to the …

We present an integrative model predicting associations among epiphytism, the tank habit,
entangling seeds, C 3 vs. CAM photosynthesis, avian pollinators, life in fertile, moist …

• Premise of the Study: Climatic and geological changes have been considered as major
drivers of biological diversification. However, it has been generally assumed that lineages …

Aim Ancient climatic fluctuations are invoked as the main driving force that generates the
astonishing biodiversity in ancient mountains. As a result, endemism and spatial turnover …

Campo rupestre and campo de altitude are two highly diverse plant formations that are
found in montane areas in eastern Brazil. These formations are associated with landscapes …

• Premise of the study: Vellozia hirsuta forms a complex presenting wide morphological and
anatomical variation, resulting in five specific names and 14 morpho‐anatomical patterns …