SEED MORPHOMETRY AND GERMINATION OF Aechmea costantinii (Mez) L. B. Sm. (BROMELIACEAE) by PETRÚCIO ALEXANDRE FONSECA RIOS, JOAO CORREIA ARAÚJO NETO, VILMA MARQUES FERREIRA, MARIA INAJAL RODRIGUES DA SILVA DAS NEVES

“…The potential economic and environmental benefits brought by bromeliads production are significant. It is noteworthy that the high degree of degradation of some ecosystems as the Atlantic forest involve reduction of these species. …”
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In vitro germination and reserve mobilization of Vriesea friburgensis Mez by J. P. Corredor-Prado, O. F. Santos-Amaya, R. Pescador

“…This work aimed to describe in vitro germination and reserve mobilization in the bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis through morphological, histochemical, and biochemical analysis. …”
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Diurnal versus nocturnal pollination success in Billbergia horrida Regel (Bromeliaceae) and the first record of chiropterophily for the genus by JUÇARA S. MARQUES, MARCELA C. TAGLIATI, ANA PAULA G. FARIA

“…Amounts of nectar production and sugar concentration were similar to those of other chiropterophilous bromeliads and only the nectar volume changed significantly throughout the period of flower availability. …”
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Bromeliaceae species from coastal restinga habitats, Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, and Bahia by Luciana Cogliatti-Carvalho, Thereza Rocha-Pessôa, André Nunes-Freitas, Carlos Rocha

“…Our data are suggestive that the Doce River may represent the limit of distribution for some bromeliad species, with some species occurring only south of that river and others occurring only to the north of it. …”
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Are pineapples really delicious? The history of the pineapple's taste/flavour and the role of varietal and terroir by Spence, C

“…In recent years, flavour chemists have managed to identify many of the key volatiles giving rise to the distinctive taste/flavour/aroma of this member of the bromeliad family. However, taking a closer look at the history of this most exotic of fruits soon highlights how ‘deliciousness’ is very much a culturally and not merely a chemically-determined construct, contrary to what the molecular gastronomists would have us believe. …”

Reemergence of human malaria in Atlantic Forest of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil by Alessandra Bittencourt de Lemos, Onilda Santos da Silva, Sandra Cristina Deboni, Valdir Schallemberger, Edmilson dos Santos, Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida, Anne Andrea Dockhorn Marth, Sidnei Silva, Aline Rosa de Lavigne Mello, Teresa Fernandes Silva-do-Nascimento, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Jáder da Cruz Cardoso

“…The coexistence of the bromeliad-breeding vector Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii and non-human primates in the Atlantic Forest regularly visited by the patient claimed for the zoonotic origin of this infection. …”
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Are sun- and shade-type anatomy required for the acclimation of Neoregelia cruenta? by FERNANDA REINERT, MARCOS V. LEAL-COSTA, NICIA E. JUNQUEIRA, ELIANA S. TAVARES

“…Nonetheless, we propose that among tank-bromeliads, changes in rosette architecture satisfy the requirements for coping with contrasting light levels. …”
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Influence of test tube sealing on the morpho-anatomy and ultrastructure of leaves of Aechmea bromeliifolia (Bromeliaceae) grown in vitro by Elienai Candida e Silva, Sérgio Tadeu Sibov, Fernanda Cristina Alcantara dos Santos, Letícia Almeida Gonçalves

“…This study evaluates the influence of the type of sealing of test tubes on the anatomical and ultrastructural features of leaves of Aechemea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker (Bromeliaceae), an ornamental bromeliad native to Brazil, grown in vitro. Three types of sealing were used: rigid polypropylene cap (PC), polyvinyl chloride film (PVC), and PC coupled with a microporous membrane (PM). …”
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Warming and leaf litter functional diversity, not litter quality, drive decomposition in a freshwater ecosystem by Gustavo H. Migliorini, Gustavo Q. Romero

“…However, it remains unclear whether litter quality or functional diversity prevails under warming conditions. Using tank bromeliad ecosystems, we evaluated the combined effects of warming, litter quality and litter functional diversity on the decomposition process. …”
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Morphometric characterization and functional traits of fruits and seeds of Neoglaziovia variegata (Arruda) Mez. by Lígia Anny Alves de Carvalho Farias, Bárbara França Dantas

“…Neoglaziovia variegata (caroá) is a bromeliad endemic to this biome and has great ornamental and fiber production potential. …”
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Taxonomy of Hohenbergia lanata Pereira & Moutinho, new collections with an amendment to its description by BRAYAN P. CAVALCANTE, EVERTON H. DE SOUZA, LEONARDO M. VERSIEUX, ADRIANA P. MARTINELLI

“…Abstract Hohenbergia lanata Pereira & Moutinho is an endemic bromeliad of the State of Bahia (Brazil), occurring in an altitudinal transition forest between Caatinga dry woodland and Atlantic Forest. …”
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Analysis of a hybrid numerical method – decomposing leaf hydraulic conductance by Frank H. Lynch, Gretchen B. North, Breeanna S. Page, Cullen J. Faulwell

“…The model is a generalization of a model first used to describe water flow through roots, which was later used to describe water flow through the tank bromeliad Guzmania lingulata. In both cases, identification of the unknown parameter represents the decomposition of overall plant conductance into components in the radial and axial directions. …”
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Plant morpho-physiological variation under distinct environmental extremes in restinga vegetation by Fabio Rubio Scarano, Cláudia Franca Barros, Roberta Kuan Tchuen Loh, Eduardo Arcoverde de Mattos, Tânia Wendt

“…ABSTRACT This paper is a synthesis of over ten years of research on inter- and intra-population variation in morphophysiology of six plant species at the Jacarepiá restinga: the shrubs Alchornea triplinervia, Andira legalis, Clusia fluminensis and Myrsine parvifolia, the bromeliad Aechmea maasii (formerly identified as Aechmea bromeliifolia, now recognized as a species only found in Central Brazil) and the geophyte palm Allagoptera arenaria. …”
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Isoenzimatic analysis of four Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii (Diptera: Culicidae) populations of Brazil by Carlos José de Carvalho-Pinto, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira

“…The distribution of this bromeliad-breeding mosquito follows the Atlantic forest coastal distribution, where bromeliads are abundant. …”
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Endosperm development in Dyckia pseudococcinea (Pitcairnioideae - Bromeliaceae) by Simone Petrucci Mendes, Cecília Goncalves da Costa, Karen Lucia Gama De Toni

“…Having established the details of endospermogenesis, we then set forth guidelines for the development of in vitro culture protocols aimed at the conservation of D. pseudococcinea, an endangered Bromeliad species of the Atlantic Forest.…”
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Flowering phenology of <em>Catopsis compacta</em> (Bromeliaceae), a dioecious epiphyte in an oak forest by Jeanett Escobedo-Sarti, Demetria Mondragón

“…Questions: We studied the flowering phenology of a population of the dioecious epiphytic bromeliad, Catopsis compacta, in an oak forest in Oaxaca, Mexico, to answer the following questions: 1) what type of flowering period is exhibited by this population of C. compacta? …”
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Taxonomía de algunos microtéidos (Squamata) de Venezuela: variación y distribución geográfica de Euspondylus acutirostris y descripción de un nuevo Euspondylus del nordeste de Vene... by Abraham Mijares-Urrutia, J Celsa Señaris, Alexis Arends

“…A new species of Euspondylus is described based on an female (taken within a bromeliad) from Cerro El Humo, Sucre, northeastern Venezuela. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the CAM epiphyte Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides, Bromeliaceae) and its comparative analysis. by Péter Poczai, Jaakko Hyvönen

“…Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic bromeliad widely distributed throughout tropical and warm temperate America. …”
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ECOLOGY OF MAN-BITING MOSQUITOES IN IKEGHE OKPATU, ENUGU STATE NIGERIA. by P.U Umeanaeto, Q.U Onu, M.O. Iwueze, I.K Ugwuanyi, C.M. Egbuche, I.S Okwelogu, C.M. Igbodika

“…A total of sixty-five (65) mosquitoes comprising six species were collected using ovitraps: Aedes albopictus 39 (60.0%), Aedes circumluteolus 7 (10.7%), Aedes bromeliad 1 (1.5%), Aedes aegypti 5 (7.6%), Culex quinquefasciatus 12 (18.4%) and Eretmapodite chrysogaster 1 (1.5%) with Aedes albopictus being the highest. …”
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Floral and reproductive biology of Alcantarea nahoumii (Bromeliaceae), a vulnerable endemic species of the Atlantic Forest by Maria Josirene Souza Moreira Bastos, Lucimário Pereira Bastos, Everton Hilo de Souza, Taliane Leila Soares, Daniel Vieira Morais, Fernanda Vidigal Duarte de Souza, Maria Angélica Pereira de Carvalho Costa

“…Even though its reproductive system is efficient, this bromeliad remains threatened mainly due to habitat fragmentation caused by deforestation, burning and predatory extractivism.…”
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