Natural history of the narrow endemics Ipomoea cavalcantei and I. marabaensis from Amazon Canga savannahs

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 7493 - 15
• Main Authors: Babiychuk, Elena, Kushnir, Sergei, Vasconcelos, Santelmo, Dias, Mariana Costa, Carvalho-Filho, Nelson, Nunes, Gisele Lopes, dos Santos, Jorge Filipe, Tyski, Lourival, da Silva, Delmo Fonseca, Castilho, Alexandre, Fonseca, Vera Lucia Imperatriz, Oliveira, Guilherme
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.08.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 38; 38/22; 38/23; 38/77; 45; 631/449/2668; 631/449/2669; Adaptation, Physiological - genetics; Alleles; Brazil; Cell Nucleus - metabolism; Cell Nucleus - ultrastructure; Chloroplast DNA; Chloroplasts; Conservation of Natural Resources; DNA, Chloroplast - metabolism; DNA, Chloroplast - ultrastructure; DNA, Intergenic - chemistry; DNA, Intergenic - genetics; DNA, Intergenic - metabolism; Ecosystems; Endemic species; Genetic diversity; Genetic Speciation; Genetic Variation; Grassland; Haplotypes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ipomoea; Ipomoea - classification; Ipomoea - genetics; multidisciplinary; Natural history; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Phylogeny; Plant Cells - metabolism; Plant Cells - ultrastructure; Plant communities; Plateaus; Population genetics; Rain; Rainforest; Rainforests; Savannahs; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seed dispersal; Speciation; Topology; Brazil

Amazon comprises a vast variety of ecosystems, including savannah-like Canga barrens that evolved on iron-lateritic rock plateaus of the Carajás Mountain range. Individual Cangas are enclosed by the rain forest, indicating insular isolation that enables speciation and plant community differentiation...