Sugar Loaf Land in south‐eastern Brazil: a centre of diversity for mat‐forming bromeliads on inselbergs

• Published in: Botanical journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 181; no. 3; pp. 459 - 476
• Main Authors: Paula, Luiza F. A., Forzza, Rafaela C., Neri, Andreza V., Bueno, Marcelo L., Porembski, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Bromeliaceae; Caatinga; center of diversity; climatic factors; conservation; Endemic species; endemics; Flora; forests; habitats; landscapes; monocot mats; phytogeography; rock outcrops; rupicolous plants; Speciation; Species diversity; Sugar; sugars; Brazil

Inselbergs sensu lato are isolated, mainly granitic and gneissic, rock outcrops, forming old landscape elements on crystalline continental shields on all continents. Mats consisting mainly of monocots occur on open rocky slopes, forming a conspicuous habitat on these outcrops. Brazilian lowland inse...