Botany

HERITAGE

The pain of loss

Six hours of fire destroyed 200 years of heritage at the largest natural-history museum in Latin America

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ECOLOGY

Artists on an Expedition, Biologists in the Museum

Amazonia: Os novos viajantes exhibition in São Paulo brings together art and science

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Biodiversity

A complex relationship between insects and plants

Female beetles visit the orchids and transfer pollen from the male organ to the female organ of the same flower

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Photolab

A natural battleground

The yellow fungus is found in about 60 other species

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COVER

More people in the rainforest

New archaeological sites and evidence of plant domestication support the idea that pre-Columbian Amazonia was densely populated

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ENGINEERING

Wood identification

Computer vision systems identify the quality of wood boards and their tree species

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Botany

All of the known plants in the Americas, for now

Brazil and Colombia are top of a recently published survey on the diversity of vascular plants in the Americas

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photolab

Flowers and leaves

Flowers and leaves

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PHARMACY

An eclectic plant

Jambu is used not only in the kitchen but also in cosmetics, and could be used in dentistry and to kill ticks

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Botany

Colonization via water

Group of carnivorous plants recognized for being aquatic species originated in Brazil, indicates phylogenetic study

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Ana Maria Giulietti

Ana Maria Giulietti Harley: From flower to flower

Botanist seeks new initiatives to solidify research groups

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photolab

The Pampas under the microscope

The Pampas under the microscope

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BOTANY

Highland gardens

Expeditions in Amazonia yield the discovery of new plant species

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Botany

The mother of all flowers

Study identifies probable structure of the ancestor of modern angiosperms

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Forestry ENGINEERING

Wood identification

Computer vision identify the quality of wood boards and their tree species

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Environment

Landscape control

Software helps monitor the health of city trees

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ARCHEOECOLOGY

An immense orchard

The impact of pre-Columbian human populations in the Amazon Forest

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Geogenomics

Seeking to understand the origin of the forest

In a joint effort to explain the biological diversity of Amazonia and the Atlantic Forest, biologists and geologists have created the new field of geogenomics

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Chemistry

Capturing aromas

Embrapa-designed handheld device captures plant volatiles

Biodiversity

Fewer mangaba trees in Sergipe

Mangaba tree species range in Sergipe fell by 30% in six years

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Communication

Famelab – Talking science

The importance of communication to bring science closer to the public

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OBITUARY

A life devoted to anatomy

Berta Lange de Morretes devoted 75 years to the study and teaching of botany 

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Paubrasilia echinata

Brazilwood now has its own genus

Pau-brasil has become the first and only species of a new genus of trees

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BIODIVERSITY 

Appearances are deceiving

Integrated genetic and ecological studies reveal evolutionary processes

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Chrysolaena obovata

Elevated C02 makes for drought-resistant plant

Cerrado species adapts better to drought with high carbon dioxide level

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Art

Forest lace

Forest lace

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Microlejeunea nyiahae

Bryophytes in amber

A well-preserved parts of leaves enabled researchers to describe a new species

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PROFILE

From the fields to the courts

A self-taught botanist has already classified more than 350 species

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Careers

From one world-class garden to another, and another…

From one world-class garden to another, and another…

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MEMORY

One man’s laboratory

Museum in the Amazon propelled the scientific career of botanist

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