DE MORAES Pedro Luis Rodrigues , Brazil
Abstract
The main objective of this project is to study systematically the botanical collections of Brazilian Lauraceae species housed at "Herbarium Belgii" (BR). Type and historical specimens from important collectors of the 19th century, which are mainly kept in "Herbarium Martii", are essential to the precise identification and classification of taxa. Study of extant Lauraceae collections in BR would complement a data base that has been built for Brazilian species through the annotation and digitized images of all exsiccatae. Additionally, Herbarium BR most probably possess many other specimens that have no duplicates in Brazil, which are also important to be registered.
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Selected output:
de Moraes, P.L.R. 2005. Lectotypification of names of Brazilian species of Cryptocarya (Lauracea). Taxon 54:789-795
de Moraes, P.L.R. 2007. Taxonomy of the Cryptocarya species of Brazil. Abc Taxa 3: i-iii,191 pp..
Left: Landscape dominated by Cryptocarya; a genus of trees with important ecological and economical properties (Photo by: P. de Moraes); right: bark of C. moschata (Photo by P. de Moraes).
