Tillandsia bonita is described as a new species and is illustrated. First record of arthropods associated with greigia juareziana. The large neotropical family bromeliaceae presents an outstanding example of adaptive radiation in plants, containing a wide range of terrestrial and epiphytic lifeforms occupying many distinct habitats. Habitat size deterntine algae biomass in tank bromeliads.
Tiago augusto rodrigues pereira, a luzimar campos da silva, a aristea alves azevedo, a dayana maria teodoro francino, b thiago dos santos coser, c jaqueline dias pereira d. Linkage between trichome morphology and leaf optical properties in. Bromeliaceae profile of an adaptive radiation, david h. Diversification in bromeliads has been linked to several key innovations, including water and nutrientimpounding phytotelmata, absorptive epidermal. Why is this family inordinately successful in arboreal. The bromeliad with the vibrant star shaped flower joy us garden duration. Are algae relevant to the detritusbased food web in tank bromeliads. The large neotropical family bromeliaceae presents an outstanding example of adaptive radiation in plants, containing a wide range of terrestrial and epiphytic lifeforms occupying many distinct. Leaf morphoanatomical variations in billbergia elegans and neoregelia mucugensis bromeliaceae exposed to low and high solar radiation. Profile of an adaptive radiation this book presents a synthesis of the extensive information available on the biology of bromeliaceae, a largely neotropical family of about 2700 described species. However, most of the current taxa started to diversify in south america just after the main orogenic changes associated with the beginning of the uplift of the andes during the miocene c. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Recent phylogenetic studies have greatly improved our knowledge about generic limits and. Bromeliaceae are tropical ornamentals with a variety of colors and inflorescence shapes.
This book is the perfect resource for you if you are just beginner or a reference for a long timer into the world of epiphytes. The large neotropical family bromeliaceae presents an outstanding example of adaptive radiation in plants, containing a wide range of terrestrial and epiphytic life. The bromeliaceae the bromeliads is a family of monocot flowering plants of 75 genera and around 3590 known species native mainly to the tropical americas, with a few species found in the american subtropics and one in tropical west africa, pitcairnia feliciana it is among the basal families within the poales and is the only family within the order that has septal nectaries and. In short, the more consistently barkdependent the taxon, the greater the relative cost of the coma, the more buoyant its seeds, and the greater the dispersal range. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in bromeliaceae. Read molecular phylogenetics of the ronnbergia alliance bromeliaceae, bromelioideae and insights into their morphological evolution, molecular phylogenetics and evolution on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Crosses between spineless and spined aechmea cultivars were attempted in order to obtain a spineless offspring. Crossing spined and spineless genotypes resulted in a progeny with on average 50% spineless. The ancestors of bromeliaceae originated in the guayana shield c. Bromeliaceae represents a well known example of a species radiation benzing, 2000. The journal aims to bridge the specific subject areas in plant systematics and evolution, encompassing evolutionary, phylogenetic and biogeographical studies at the populational, specific and higher taxonomic.
Diversification of bromelioideae bromeliaceae in the. I am a newbie to the world of air plants and wanted a reference book on and about them. Bromeliads are characteristic and frequently dominant features of tropical and subtropical plant communities in the new world, ranging from. In this video, i talk briefly about a few interesting discoveries and experiments made over the years concerning evolution and natural selection in modern animals with the hope of convincing some. If you need related images for an article or a report, you can download stock photos. A study of evolutionary relationships in bromeliaceae based on comparison of dna sequences from the chloroplast gene ndhf.
The new species is the ninth taxon of this genus recorded for the flora of the state of mato grosso do sul, centralwestern brazil. They are the largest nearly exclusively neotropical family of flowering plants, with 2,600 species and 56 genera in a great variety of habitats, from granitic outcrops, coastal dune fields, and tropical rainforests to highaltitude cloud forests. Ants mediate the structure of phytotelm communities in an antgarden bromeliad. Withinpopulation spatial genetic structure in four. Several groups found in the brazilian atlantic rainforest have been shown to have undergone a rapid diversification process e.
The phylogeny of the family bromeliaceae springerlink. Kendra locklear ordia by kendra locklear ordia issuu. Bromeliaceae as a model group in understanding the. Journal of tropical ecology publishes papers in the important and now established field of the. Diversity and evolutionary biology of tropical flowers.
Bromeliads did not alter the overall behavioural profile of arboreal invertebrates. Their diversity represents an outstanding example of adaptive radiation in plants with a wide range of soilrooted terrestrial and epiphytic life forms. Leaf morphoanatomical variations in billbergia elegans. The author emphasizes reproductive and vegetative structure, related physiology, ecology, and evolution, rather than floristics and taxonomy. Since then, impressive diversifications of several functional and ecological.
In many ways, portrait of an adaptive radiation may ultimately be seen as the concluding and most decisive book of the old testament of bromeliad ecology and evolution, begun by schimper, tietze, baker, mez, harms, pittendrigh, tomlinson, and smith. This book is the first to synthesise information about bromeliad biology, focusing on reproductive and vegetative structure and related physiology, ecology and evolution to help explain why members of this family exhibit more adaptive and ecological variety than most other families of flowering plants. Tillandsia bonita bromeliaceae, a new species from mato. Since then, impressive diversifications of several functional and ecological adaptations have. Supply chain optimization captures the latest results in a segment of current. The views and opinions expressed on unofficial pages of wright. Profile of an adaptive radiation this book presents a synthesis of the extensive information available on the biology of bromeliaceae. Inheritance of spineless leaves in aechmea bromeliaceae.
Profile of an adaptive radiation all tillandsia seeds have endosperm. Profile of an adaptive radiation more broadly, the epiphytes achieved relatively low terminal velocities at least in part because they allocate proportionally more biomass to the coma vs the seed proper. Bromeliaceae subfamilies show divergent trends of genome. Givnish tj, barfuss mhj, ee bv, riina r, jabaily rs, crayn dm, et al. Leaf morphoanatomical variations in billbergia elegans and. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography of bromeliaceae inferred from ndhf sequence data. Multiple origins of crassulacean acid metabolism and the. Bromeliaceae subfamilies show divergent trends of genome size. We have addressed both issues for four closely related plant species of the adaptive radiation bromeliaceae, alcantarea imperialis, a.
Trichomes are important regulators of leaf radiation absorptance and thus modulate the carbon, water and energy balance. Studies of bromeliaceae species have demonstrated the presence of a large variety of chemical constituents that have important biological activities such as. It includes graphs such as the potential energy diagrams for endothermic and exothermic reactions. Arboreal nest building and antgarden initiation by a ponerine ant. Leaves with spined margins are characteristic for the genus aechmea. Costbenefit models have provided a central focus for research for nearly two decades, and accumulating data have exposed the strengths and weaknesses of these models and highlighted additional research needs.
The bromeliaceae represent an outstanding adaptive radiation of vascular plants 1, 2. Two unique features of bromeliads may have expanded their adaptive zone beyond that of other epiphytes. When plant flowers the center of the rosette turn scarlet surrounding the dense. Illustrations and a brief discussion on the leaf anatomy of the species are provided. It is compared with tillandsia didisticha, which we assume is the morphologically most similar species. This book presents a synthesis of the extensive information available on the biology of bromeliacea, a largely neotropical family of about 2700 described species. Molecular phylogenetics of the ronnbergia alliance. Revived in 1953, after the fatal destruction of much of the institutions collections and facilities.
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