Propagules and seedlings of Sapotaceae
Fruit and seedling of a Prieurella species from Reserva Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas. Image credit © 2019 CC Vasconcelos.
Fruits, seeds, and seedlings of Neotropical Chrysophylloideae species (Sapotaceae)
Description
The aim of this project was to assess the potential of fruit, seed and seedling characters to support clades in the phylogeny of the Chrysophylloideae subfamily in the Neotropics.
Funding/ Partners
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais (PDBFF)
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INPA herbarium
Coordinator
Collaborators
This project is part of the master thesis of Caroline C. Vasconcelos 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 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, process number 133381/2015-3).
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.
