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).
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAFFF83FF7AF8455CCFF826" bold="true" box="[189,494,1994,2020]" pageId="1" pageNumber="14">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
—Known only from three populations, all on the northern flanks of the summits of the Serra do Ouro Branco range in
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, among quartzite and itabirite outcrops of campo rupestre.
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAFFF83FF4FF79C5C35F7EE" box="[136,276,2067,2092]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="14">V. compacta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAFFF83FE95F79C5F29F7EE" box="[338,520,2066,2092]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="14">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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are sympatric in the sense that they occur in the same mountain range, but the populations of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FEF0FF105CE3FF7A" box="[311,450,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">V. compacta</emphasis>
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are concentrated on the purely quartzitic outcrops of the southern ridge and summits, while those of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FEECFF4C5CFCFF1E" box="[299,477,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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occur on a transition of quartzite and itabirite outcrops on the northern slopes and along northward, sub-summit drainages. The populations of both species were not found in direct contact.
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FF4FF9F65DDCF94C" bold="true" box="[136,253,1657,1679]" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FEC5F9F65CF4F94C" box="[258,469,1657,1678]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">Vellozia dracaenoides</emphasis>
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. A. outer tepal; B. inner tepal; C. style with stigma; D. stamen; E. pedicel with hypanthium; F. detail of apical hypanthium surface; G. detail of surface of hypanthium base and pedicel; H. habit showing vegetatively reproducing branch. From
<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FF4FF94D5C45F914" box="[136,356,1729,1751]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">R.J.V. Alves et al. 7615</emphasis>
. (Illustration by R.J.V. Alves).
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FF7AF88A5C69F8DD" bold="true" box="[189,328,1797,1823]" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">Etymology:</emphasis>
—The epithet invokes the vegetative convergence of this large
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species
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FF61F8A55C37F881" box="[166,278,1834,1859]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">Dracaena</emphasis>
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8283
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<paragraph id="8BBA8B15FFACFF80FF7AF81A5EE9F7D9" blockId="2.[136,1452,1797,2076]" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FF7AF81A5C28F86D" bold="true" box="[189,265,1941,1967]" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">Notes:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FEE1F81A5F3CF86D" box="[294,541,1941,1967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">Vellozia dracaenoides</emphasis>
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shares the densely imbricate leaf arrangement and brown but apically cinereous leaf sheaths with
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FE97F8355CF1F811" box="[336,464,1978,2003]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">V. gigantea</emphasis>
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; evenly truncate leaf sheath apices with
<taxonomicName id="4C05F096FFACFF80FC64F835592AF811" authorityName="Mikan" authorityYear="1822" box="[931,1035,1977,2003]" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pandanales" pageId="2" pageNumber="15" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="glabra">
<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FC64F835592AF811" box="[931,1035,1977,2003]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">V. glabra</emphasis>
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; a straight (non-arcuate) leaf lamina with all further species of the dracenoid group; oblong to obtriangular hypanthia and capsules with
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FB29F851587EF835" box="[1262,1375,2013,2039]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">V. spiralis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFACFF80FA50F8515DD4F7D9" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="15">V. compacta</emphasis>
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and, with the latter, also the soon deciduous straight leaf blades.
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFADFF81FF4FF96F5DDCF937" bold="true" box="[136,253,1760,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFADFF81FEC4F96F5CF7F937" box="[259,470,1760,1781]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="16">Vellozia dracaenoides</emphasis>
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A. habit with botanists as scale; B. open flower within rosette; C. hypanthium with tepals and stamens still attached and apex of pedicel showing grooves; D. apical caudex segment showing pectinate abscission zones on sheaths; E. isolated leaf sheath. From
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. (Photos by R.J.V. Alves).
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFADFF81FF7AF8E35CD4F845" bold="true" box="[189,501,1900,1927]" pageId="3" pageNumber="16">Compared leaf anatomy:</emphasis>
—Surface view of epidermis: Both surfaces in both species are glabrous. In
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFADFF81FA50F8E25C3EF869" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="16">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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abaxial cells mostly rectangular, anticlinal thin-walled; adaxial cells rectangular to square-shaped but with slightly thicker anticlinal walls (3AB); In
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFADFF81FD79F83A5E54F80D" box="[702,885,1973,1999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="16">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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the stomata are sunken in both surfaces, mostly anomocitic, some paracitic or tetracitic (
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), more numerous on the adaxial surface (in
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFADFF81FB1FF8565845F830" box="[1240,1380,2009,2034]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="16">V. compacta</emphasis>
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, more numerous on the abaxial surface).
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Transverse section of lamina: Both species have dorsiventral, conduplicate laminas; Adaxial surface smooth; abaxial surface furrowed almost to half blade thickness in both species (
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). Epidermis cells more or less rounded in both surfaces vs. abaxial square shaped in
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.
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Cuticle thickened in both faces in both species (
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). Leaves are amphistomatic with stomates concentrated mostly in the furrows in both species (
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). The mesophyll is compartmentalized by the vascular bundles and by the furrows connected with translucent parenchyma and the latter with the adaxial sclerenchyma bundles. In
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the mesophyll has 12 layers of translucent parenchyma cells, interrupted in the adaxial surface by sclerenchyma bundles strictly above the furrows, while
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has three layers of parenchyma interrupted by numerous short sclerenchyma strands (
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). Adjacent to these layers,
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has 12 additional layers of translucent parenchyma cells.
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has 56 layers of palisade parenchyma (
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) vs. 34 layers in
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. The remainder of the mesophyll consists of many layers of compactly arranged spongy parenchyma in both species. In both species there are 56 rows of large translucent cells above the furrows (
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), and in
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34 rows of these cells also occur adaxially to the bundles. The vascular system in both species has 2 phloem strands abaxially flanking the xylem and separated by parenchyma cells (
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). In
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the abaxial sclerenchyma cap is larger than the adaxial and is Y-shaped (
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), while in
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it is smaller and V-shaped. A distinct bundle sheath completely envelops the vascular bundles in both species; however, in
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it extends towards both faces of the epidermis by 12 additional parenchyma cell layers (
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). The leaf anatomic characters of both collections of
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are identical.
</paragraph>
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Chemistry:—Screening of the dichloromethane extract from
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revealed 14 diterpenes. Two diterpenes were previously described from
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FD47FCA85E2CFC82" box="[640,781,807,832]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">V. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: CLEISTHANTA-8,11,13-TRIEN-7-ONE (
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), also isolated from
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aff.
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Martius ex Seubert
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in
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(
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Silva
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2001
</bibRefCitation>
) and from
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FF04FCE05C60FC4A" box="[195,321,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">V. flavicans</emphasis>
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(
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Pinto
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FDB7FCE05F87FC4A" box="[624,678,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1997
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); ISOPIMARA-8(9),15-DIENE-7,11-DIONE from
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FAE2FCE0588AFC4A" box="[1317,1451,879,904]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">V.compacta</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and from
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FE2EFC1C5F83FC6E" box="[489,674,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">V. epidendroides</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(
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Pinto
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FC1BFC1C5934FC6E" box="[988,1045,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1990
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); CLEISTHANTA-6,8,11,13- TETRAENE known from
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FE6AFC385F13FC12" box="[429,562,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">V. declinans</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FC6BFC395947FC12" author="Pinto, A. C. &amp; Epifanio, R. de &amp; Pizzolatti, M." box="[940,1126,950,976]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="4241 - 4243" refId="ref6551" refString="Pinto, A. C., Epifanio, R. de, A. &amp; Pizzolatti, M. (1992) Diterpenoids from Vellozia declinans. Phytochemistry 31: 4241 - 4243. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / 0031 - 9422 (92) 80451 - j" type="journal article" year="1992">
Pinto
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FC29FC385904FC12" box="[1006,1061,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1992
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); and ISOPIMARA-8(9),15- DIENE-7- ONE. This last substance had not previously been isolated from a
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FC11FC55590EFC36" box="[982,1071,986,1012]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">Vellozia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, having been synthesized by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FAB7FC555C32FBDA" author="Pinto, A. C. &amp; Silva, A. J. R. &amp; Mayer, L. M. &amp; Braz F. R." pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="2036" refId="ref6496" refString="Pinto, A. C., Silva, A. J. R., Mayer, L. M., &amp; Braz F. R. (1979) Chemistry of South American Velloziaceae. Part VI: Compactone, a new diterpenoid from Vellozia compacta. Phytochemistry 18: 2036." type="journal article" year="1979">
Pinto
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FF4FFC705DE0FBDA" box="[136,193,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(1979)
</bibRefCitation>
and later isolated from
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FDE7FC715F95FBDA" box="[544,692,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">Salvia parryi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FC6EFC7159B1FBDA" author="Touche, E. M. G. &amp; Lopez, E. G. &amp; Reyes, A. P. &amp; Sanchez, H. &amp; Honecker, F. &amp; Achenbach, H." box="[937,1168,1022,1048]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="387 - 390" refId="ref7085" refString="Touche, E. M. G., Lopez, E. G., Reyes, A. P., Sanchez, H., Honecker, F. &amp; Achenbach, H. (1997) Parryin, a diterpene with a tricyclic 6 - 7 - 5 - ring system from Salvia parryi. Phytochemistry 45: 387 - 390. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / s 0031 - 9422 (96) 00807 - 2" type="journal article" year="1997">
Touche
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FBC4FC70591DFBDA" box="[1027,1084,1022,1048]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(1997)
</bibRefCitation>
. The other 10 substances could not be identified based on mass spectrometry comparison with our data base and scientific literature.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA8B15FFAAFF86FF7AFBC9584FFA9E" blockId="4.[136,1452,158,2021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FF7AFBC95C64FBA2" bold="true" box="[189,325,1094,1120]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">Discussion:</emphasis>
—Which populations represent the real
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FD39FBC95EE8FBA2" box="[766,969,1094,1120]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">Vellozia compacta</emphasis>
? The
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original diagnosis is relatively vague: (thickened caudex; ensiform, erect, rigid leaves with truncate-obtuse apex and acutely serrulate keel and margins; obovate 3-agulate capsule with margins basally verruculose). Moreover the type locality was not precisely indicated (
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,
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,
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,
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,
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P, isotype MO). If only the collection date on the type were correct, this could pinpoint the topotypic population, but Martius only set foot in
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on July 15
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of that year (
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). The Field Museum of Natural History (F) holds a type with unknown status:
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,
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,
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,
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FE80FA905F39FAFA" box="[327,536,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">C.F.P. Martius s.n.</emphasis>
but the coordinates were inferred in an unclear manner and point to a forest near an urban area in the State of
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, which is neither a typical
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habitat nor was visited by Martius.
</paragraph>
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on 149 collections using the binomial
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FD68FAE95E5AFA42" box="[687,891,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">Vellozia compacta</emphasis>
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, a map generated by
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(2014) indicates a range of occurrences spanning ca.
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, mainly on the north-south axis in the
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of
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broad distribution is uncommon for the genus, in which most species have small populations and tend to be narrowly endemic (
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FF57FA5D5CB8FA2E" author="Giulietti, A. M. &amp; Pirani, J. R." box="[144,409,1490,1516]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="39 - 69" refId="ref5329" refString="Giulietti, A. M. &amp; Pirani, J. R. (1988) Patterns of geographic distribution of some plant species from the Espinhaco Range, Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil. In: Vanzolini, P. E. &amp; Heyer, W. R. (eds) Proceedings of a workshop on Neotropical distribution patterns, Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, Rio de Janeiro, pp. 39 - 69." type="book chapter" year="1988">Giulietti &amp; Pirani 1988</bibRefCitation>
,
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Giulietti
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FDCEFA5C5F63FA2E" box="[521,578,1490,1516]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1997
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), often being known only from their
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FB66FA5D58BEFA2F" author="Smith, L. B. &amp; Ayensu, E. S." box="[1185,1439,1490,1517]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="1 - 172" refId="ref6968" refString="Smith, L. B. &amp; Ayensu, E. S. (1976) A revision of American Velloziaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30: 1 - 172. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 0081024 x. 30" type="journal article" year="1976">Smith &amp; Ayensu 1976</bibRefCitation>
). One possible explanation for the assumed broad distribution is the misuse of the binomial, including several species that may be morphologically difficult to distinguish. The morphological polymorphism and high genetic divergence among populations reported by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FE2BF9B15FFDF99A" author="Lousada, J. M. &amp; Lovato, M. B. &amp; Borba, E. L." box="[492,732,1598,1624]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="45 - 53" refId="ref5801" refString="Lousada, J. M., Lovato, M. B. &amp; Borba, E. L. (2013) High genetic divergence and low genetic variability in disjunct populations of the endemic Vellozia compacta (Velloziaceae) occurring in two edaphic environments of Brazilian campos rupestres. Brazilian Journal of Botany 36: 45 - 53. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 40415 - 013 - 0001 - x" type="journal article" year="2013">
Lousada
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FD95F9B05FABF99A" box="[594,650,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
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seem to support this assumption.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA8B15FFAAFF86FF7AF9ED5935F92A" blockId="4.[136,1452,158,2021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">
The use of morphology, leaf anatomy, chemical constituents, phytogeography together with the findings of
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Lousada
<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FF4FF9085DE5F962" box="[136,196,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
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from molecular data may be the only way to resolve this complex and shall probably reveal several previously unrecognized “cryptic” species. The populations studied by the latter authors have a strong geographic congruence, with most spatially close populations showing more genetic affinity.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA8B15FFAAFF86FF7AF97D5EAFF827" blockId="4.[136,1452,158,2021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">
All evidence suggests that there are many cryptic species under
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FC72F97D59A7F8CE" box="[949,1158,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">Vellozia compacta</emphasis>
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. The “clear variations in sclerenchyma patterns” found by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFAAFF86FDC2F8995F8DF8F2" author="Ayensu, E. S." box="[517,684,1814,1840]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" pagination="1 - 172" refId="ref5006" refString="Ayensu, E. S. (1974) Leaf anatomy and systematics of New World Velloziaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 15: 1 - 172. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 0081024 x. 15" type="journal article" year="1974">Ayensu (1974)</bibRefCitation>
and other anatomical divergences found in the course of this study in specimens determined as
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFAAFF86FE0BF8B45F77F896" box="[460,598,1851,1876]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="17">V. compacta</emphasis>
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in major herbaria also suggest the need for further studies.
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studied
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(NY,
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) from Serra da Piedade (Minas Gerais) and
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(NY,
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),
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(
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) and
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(
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) from
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E of Serra on road to Diamantina (Minas Gerais). In subsequent molecular work by
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Lousada
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(2013)
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, the Diamantina and Serra da Piedade populations appear in two major separate groups that most probably represent distinct taxa.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFABFF87FF4FF8875C20F8DF" bold="true" box="[136,257,1800,1822]" pageId="5" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Leaf Anatomy of
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.
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A-B. Epidermis in surface view. A. Adaxial face showing paracytic stomata. Detail in the upper right corner tetracytic stomate. B. Abaxial face showing paracytic and anomocytic stomata. CF. Transversal section of leaf lamina. C. General aspect. D. Detail of adaxial face showing sclerenchyma bundles and rows of large translucent cells above the furrows. E. Detail of vascular system. F. Detail of abaxial furrow. Ab. Surface view of abaxial epidermis; Ad. Surface of view adaxial epidermis; An. Anomocytic; Fi. Sclerenchyma fibers; Fu. Furrow; Mx. Metaxylem; Pa. Paracytic; Ph. Phloem; Pp. Palisade parenchyma; Px. Protoxylem; Sh. Sheath; Sp. Spongy parenchyma; St. Stomata; Te. Tetracytic; Tp. Translucent parenchyma; *. Extensions of sheath towards both faces of the epidermis; Arrowhead. parenchyma cells. Scale bars: A, B, DF = 25 µm; C=100 µm. From
<emphasis id="B9715707FFABFF87FAC4F86E5D99F7DB" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="18">R.J.V. Alves et al. 7615</emphasis>
. (Cuts and images by A.R. Guimarães).
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Insofar, chemical constituents attributed to
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FD63FF105E0CFF7A" box="[676,813,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
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were sampled from several localities. For instance
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obtained material in the Cipó Range while
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obtained theirs from Diamantina. Considering the geographic distances among these populations, and the fact that populations from those areas differ on the molecular level (
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Lousada
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2013
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), the chemical constituents described from each population may pertain to distinct species.
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,
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) placed
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FE33FEA05F5BFE8A" box="[500,634,303,328]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in a group which shares spirotristichous phyllotaxis, staminal appendages, hypanthium tube shorter than the ovary, and aquiferous parenchyma extending adaxially above both the abaxial furrows and the vascular bundles. In
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FE00FEF85F58FE52" box="[455,633,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
staminal appendages were not found and the hypanthial tube exceeds the ovary. In
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFA8FF84FF37FE155CD8FE77" author="Smith, L. B. &amp; Ayensu, E. S." box="[240,505,410,437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 172" refId="ref6968" refString="Smith, L. B. &amp; Ayensu, E. S. (1976) A revision of American Velloziaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 30: 1 - 172. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 0081024 x. 30" type="journal article" year="1976">Smith &amp; Ayensu (1976)</bibRefCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FDC3FE145FAAFE76" box="[516,651,411,436]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
keys out in two distinct parts, “p. 41: Flowers erect, not exceeded by the leaves” and “p. 42: leaves exceeding the flowers”. Hence the flowers at anthesis in
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FBDAFE305984FE1A" box="[1053,1189,447,472]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may or may not exceed the leaves in each rosette whereas in
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FDE3FE6C5FE9FE3E" box="[548,712,482,508]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. dracenoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they open deep within the rosettes (
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). The term “dracenoid group of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FF33FD895C6CFDE2" box="[244,333,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia</emphasis>
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” was coined by
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, circumscribing the six species mentioned in the introduction, all of which stand out by their relatively large stature and by the following characters: Stems thickened at the base with leaves apically concentrated and soon deciduous, leaving persistent leaf sheaths; flowers long-pedicellate with violet tepals; numerous stamens (at least 18); conspicuous staminal appendages; capsules with apical dehiscence; fibro-vascular bundles with two phloem strands; and aquiferous hypodermis extending abaxially to bundle-sheaths and furrows (the last character does not occur in
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FDBCFD345E0FFD16" box="[635,814,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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).
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Tall stature alone may have been selected for in several parallel lineages of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FBC0FD515941FD3A" box="[1031,1120,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia</emphasis>
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, and thus may not be a useful taxonomic character. Several sterile populations of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FD03FC8D5E3CFCDE" box="[708,797,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia</emphasis>
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taller than 2(45) m have been found in many localities of
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. It is very probable that many such populations represent new species that still need to be properly sampled and described.
</paragraph>
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Subsequently, in morphological analyses of limited numbers of species,
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,
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) associated
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FA50FCE05DD4FC6E" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
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with other taxa, none of which include the aforementioned dracenoid species. Of all these, a recent treatment (
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Mello-Silva
<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FED8FC385C79FC12" box="[287,344,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">et al.</emphasis>
2011
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) did not include
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FD90FC385FE4FC12" box="[599,709,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. obtecta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FC2AFC3859ADFC12" box="[1005,1164,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. peripherica</emphasis>
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, and only included
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FEA7FC545CCAFC36" box="[352,491,987,1012]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
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from the original “dracenoid group”. The authors claim to have solved the generic delimitations within a very broadly defined
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using only 20% of the taxa in a “total-evidence” analysis. It is not clear how total evidence can be obtained with only 20% sampling.
</paragraph>
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Most species of
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have very narrow distribution ranges. The identities of the host plants from two localities over
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apart, one in the State of
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and another in
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, both claimed in a study of endophytic fungi by
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to be
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, almost certainly represent a misidentification of the host species. Furthermore, the author did not deposit voucher specimens of the host plants for his studies, instead electing a specimen (
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, OUPR) from Itacolomi peak near Ouro Preto, which is a totally different locality. The same applies to a collection plotted on a map in
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by SpeciesLink (2014).
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Hence it seems that the “Dracenoid group” of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FD0EFA915E03FAFA" box="[713,802,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia</emphasis>
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, as proposed by
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, is either artificial or in need of a more detailed circumscription. Thus, size alone may not be a consistent character for the segregation of a “dracenoid” group, nor the separation of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FCCAFAE95E47FA42" box="[781,870,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia</emphasis>
spp.
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FF7AFA055C8DFA66" box="[189,428,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia dracaenoides</emphasis>
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exhibits conspicuous vegetative propagation in which the subapical parts of drooping branches, when damaged by wind or other factors, touch the ground and new roots establish a clone which eventually becomes an independent genet. For instance,
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reported this
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of reproduction for
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FB2AFA5C585BFA2E" box="[1261,1402,1490,1516]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. auriculata</emphasis>
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. We have also observed this in rare individuals of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FDB0FA785FDCF9D2" box="[631,765,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. compacta</emphasis>
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in the Ouro Branco and Bico de Pedra ranges.
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FF7AF9955C99F9F6" bold="true" box="[189,440,1562,1588]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Conservation issues:</emphasis>
—Lumping many isolated populations under a single binomial may be deleterious to conservation efforts (
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Morrison III
<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FDCBF9B05F64F99A" box="[524,581,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">et al.</emphasis>
2009
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). In recent decades, a few unresolved species complexes have received the designation of “ochlospecies” (sensu
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). This concept was recently applied to
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FB54F9ED5863F9BE" box="[1171,1346,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">Vellozia hirsuta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFA8FF84FA8EF9ED5CB1F962" author="Goethart, J. W. C. &amp; Henrard, J. J. T." pageId="6" pageNumber="19" pagination="374" refId="ref5503" refString="Goethart, J. W. C. &amp; Henrard, J. J. T. (1937) Tijdschrift voor de Systematiek en de Geografie der Planten. Blumea 2: 374." type="journal article" year="1937">Goethart &amp; Henrard (1937: 374)</bibRefCitation>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFA8FF84FE7AF9095F90F962" author="Barbosa, A. R. &amp; Fiorini, C. F. &amp; Silva-Pereira, V. &amp; Melo &amp; Silva, R. &amp; Borba, E. L." box="[445,689,1670,1696]" pageId="6" pageNumber="19" pagination="1477 - 1488" refId="ref5051" refString="Barbosa, A. R., Fiorini, C. F., Silva-Pereira, V., Melo - Silva, R. &amp; Borba, E. L. (2012) Geographical genetic structuring and phenotypic variation in the Vellozia hirsuta (Velloziaceae) ochlospecies complex. American Journal of Botany 99: 1477 - 1488. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3732 / ajb. 1200070" type="journal article" year="2012">
Barbosa
<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FDE6F9085F7AF962" box="[545,603,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">et al.</emphasis>
(2012)
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. However, it seems reasonable to assume that in
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such a concept is only the result of insufficient sampling. Thus, additional detailed studies of all available populations combining morphology, anatomy and molecular data would split such complexes into separate species.
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Many populations of the tall
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species
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are currently at risk of extinction due to various causes, e.g. habitat loss due to mining of iron ore (e.g.
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.
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Jacobi
<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FC9FF8985EB1F8F2" box="[856,912,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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,
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EF94F6E4FFA8FF84FB1DF8995DE5F896" author="Vincent, R. C. &amp; Meguro, M." pageId="6" pageNumber="19" pagination="377 - 388" refId="ref7172" refString="Vincent, R. C. &amp; Meguro, M. (2008) Influence of soil properties on the abundance of plant species in ferruginous rocky soils vegetation, southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Botanica 31: 377 - 388. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0100 - 84042008000300002" type="journal article" year="2008">Vincent &amp; Meguro 2008</bibRefCitation>
), small natural populations and exploitation by local peoples (
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). Even though the populations of
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FA50F8B45C3EF8BA" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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in the Ouro Branco range are officially (but not effectively) protected in a State Park established in 2009, the population size and Area of Occupancy (AOO) are small. Less than two hundred individuals of this species grow in a mosaic with a total AOO of less than
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. No juvenile individuals are known and the old, mature plants are being decimated by frequent fires. Hence,
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<emphasis id="B9715707FFA8FF84FD49F8445E60F826" box="[654,833,1994,2020]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="19">V. dracaenoides</emphasis>
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is to be classified as Critically Endangered [CR 2ab(ii, iii)+C2a(i)] following
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Red List Categories and Criteria.
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