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Checklist, conservation status, and sampling effort analysis of Malpighiaceae in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

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Espírito Santo is one of the Brazilian States most threatened within the Atlantic Forest, but still one of the most diverse with a great number of endemic taxa in many groups of animals and plants. Malpighiaceae were previously represented by 59 species in this state, but after examining field and herbaria collections, we recorded 119 species widely distributed within the rain forest, Semideciduous dry forest, lowland forest, Restinga and Inselbergs vegetation types. About 80 % of species were classified as threatened following IUCN standards. Three municipalities scored the highest numbers of specimen records, reflecting the “botanist effect” of research centers in the surrounding areas. Another 16 municipalities within the Semideciduous dry forest lacked any record of Malpighiaceae, reflecting its poor collection sampling. A call for an extensive sampling effort of Malpighiaceae in Espírito Santo State is made.

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We thank the curators of all visited herbaria for the loan and/or donation of Malpighiaceae specimens. The first author thanks CNPq for the fellowship granted. This work was supported by a CNPq grant, ProTax 562136/2010-0.

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    Rafael Felipe de Almeida & Maria Candida Henrique Mamede

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de Almeida, R.F., Mamede, M.C.H. Checklist, conservation status, and sampling effort analysis of Malpighiaceae in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Braz. J. Bot 37, 329–337 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-014-0078-x

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