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Title Aspects of Brazilian floristic diversity : from botany to traditional communities / Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Bárbara de Sá Haiad, editors
Published Cham : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and color)
Contents Flowering phenology in a restinga community: seven years of study -- Dioecy: the dimorphic sexual system and pollination in restinga vegetation -- Male and female sterility in flowering plants -- Broad-scale variation of phytoplankton richness in Brazilian inland waters -- The Importance of Palynology to Taxonomy -- Ecological Palynology -- Scientific Exploration Commission (1859-1861): Freire Allemao and the invisible network of collaborators -- The former Imperial Plant Nursery of Quinta da Boa Vista -- Medicinal plants used in Quilombola communities in Piranga, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- From mulungu to mamulengo : The sharing of knowledge among teachers, academic researchers and mamulengueiros (traditional puppeteers) in a participatory workshop -- Biocultural heritage through museological narrative as a way of return on research in historical ethnobotany -- Conclusion of the reflections on Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities
Summary Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities offers a unique approach in floristic diversity of the Neotropical region, specifically encompassing the Brazilian flora. This volume combines both theoretical and applied aspects of scientific making knowledge in different perspectives of Botanical Science. In this volume, botanical specialists discuss the many different approaches of taxonomic, reproductive, ecological and ethnobotanical aspects of Brazilian floristic diversity, thereby enlightening the global interest in Neotropical species, in particular those from the Brazilian territory. The book addresses relevant questions from many points of view, including anatomy, reproduction, palinology, conservation and ethnobotany, creating an in-depth perception of the flora in its complexity constitution. The book provides a comprehensive outlook on Botany Sciences, considering the history and traditional knowledge of plants, and relating it to contemporary problems and concerns of flora conservation today. With this current perspective, this book reaches a vast audience from the research lines of Botany, and encompasses a broader and interdisciplinary understanding of Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity
Notes Includes index
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Subject Plant diversity -- Brazil
Tropical plants -- Brazil
Plant conservation -- Brazil
Plant conservation
Plant diversity
Tropical plants
Brazil
Form Electronic book
Author Medeiros, Maria F. T., editor.
Sá Haiad, Bárbara de, editor
ISBN 9783031074530
303107453X