PUBLICATIONS
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2026
RAUBER, C. R. ; PROCHAZKA, L. S. ; Temponi, L.G. ; Alcantara, S. ; ALCANTARA, S. . At the Edge of the Abyss: Endangered Plant Species in Paraná, Brazil. BOTANICAL REVIEW, p. 09327-0, 2026. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-026-09327-0
Rando, Juliana Gastaldello; Nery, Eduardo Koerich; Nogueira, Anselmo; Cota, Matheus Martins Teixeira; Zuntini, Alexandre; Alcantara, Suzana; Lewis, Gwilym Peter; Cardoso, Domingos; de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci; Pirani, José Rubens. From Rainforests to Open Vegetation: The Biogeographic History of Chamaecrista (Leguminosae) in the Neotropics. Journal of Biogeography, v. 53, p. e70137, 2026. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70137Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
2025
Magri, R. ; Luebert, F. ; CABRAL, A. ; Alcantara, S. ; ALCANTARA, S. ; Lohmann, L.G. ; Prado, J. ; Lopes, J. C. . Historical biogeography of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) reveals range expansion in South American mountaintops after climatic cooling events and increased diversification rates after the occupation of Southern Espinhaço Province. BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 207, p. 115-127, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae072
Padilha, P. ; BRUM, F. T. ; MELLO-SILVA, RENATO ; Sacramento, I ; Alcantara, S. ; ALCANTARA, S. . Similar, but Not the Same: Time and Mode of Climatic Niche Evolution in a Highly Endemic Lineage. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, v. 52, p. 571-586, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15048Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Pereira-Silva, Luciana; Trevisan, Rafael; Escudero, Marcial; Alcantara, Suzana; de Oliveira Ribeiro, André Rodolfo; Larridon, Isabel. Biogeography and diversification dynamics of the megadiverse plant genus (Cyperaceae, Poales). Annals of Botany, v. 117, p. mcaf117, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf117
2024
Prochazka, Luana S.; Alcantara, Suzana; Rando, Juliana Gastaldello; Vasconcelos, Thais; Pizzardo, Raquel C.; Nogueira, Anselmo. Resource availability and disturbance frequency shape evolution of plant life forms in Neotropical habitats. New Phytologist, v. 242, p. 760-773, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19601Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
2022
PF Larocca, JS Mancio, P Padilha, R Mello-Silva, S Alcantara. 2022. Recent divergence in functional traits affects rates of speciation in the Neotropical Velloziaceae (Pandanales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 199: 144-172. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab102
GAG Rodrigues, D da Silva, MI Ribeiro, OA Loaiza-Loaiza, S Alcantara, RA Komatsu, CJ Barbedo, N Steiner. 2022. What affects the desiccation tolerance threshold of Brazilian Eugenia (Myrtaceae) seeds? Journal of Plant Research 135: 579-591. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-022-01396-7
2021
J Lovo, S Alcantara, TNC Vasconcelos, MG Sajo, PJ Rudall, G Prenner, AJC Aguiar, R Mello-Silva. 2021. Evolutionary lability in floral ontogeny affects pollination biology in Trimezieae (Iridaceae). American Journal of Botany 108: 828-843. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1655
Suppl material (videos): Floral visits in Pseudotrimezia juncifolia & Pseudotrimezia truncata
GS Teodoro, PB Costa, M Brum, C Signori-Müller, S Alcantara, TE Dawson, AG West, H Lambers, RS Oliveira. 2021. Desiccation tolerance implies costs to productivity but allows survival under extreme drought conditions in Velloziaceae species in campos rupestres. Environmental and Experimental Botany 189: 104556. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104556
2020
TNC Vasconcelos, S Alcantara, CA Andrino, F Forest, M Reginato, M Simon, JR Pirani, 2020. Fast diversification through a mosaic of evolutionary histories characterizes the endemic flora of ancient Neotropical mountains. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 287: 20192933. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2933
Front cover picture Proc B 287: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rspb/2020/287/1923
A Zizka, JG Carvalho-Sobrinho, RT Pennington, LP Queiroz, S Alcantara, DA Baum, CD Bacon, A Antonelli. 2020. Transitions between biomes are common and directional in Bombacoideae (Malvaceae). Journal of Biogeography 47: 1310-1321. doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13815
2019
FN Ramos, S Mortara, JP Costa Elias, N Monalisa-Francisco, L Menini Neto, L Freitas, R Kersten, A Amorim, F Bittencourt de Matos, A Freitas, S Alcantara, et. all. 2019. ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest. Ecology 100: e02541. doi/10.1002/ ecy.2541/suppinfo.
2018
S. Alcantara, RH Ree, R Mello-Silva. 2018. Accelerated diversification and functional trait evolution in Velloziaceae reveal new insights into the origins of the campos rupestres' exceptional floristic richness. Annals of Botany 122: 165-180. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy063.
Front cover picture Ann Bot 122: https://academic.oup.com/aob/issue/122/1.
2016
J Carvalho-Sobrinho, LP Queiroz, WS Alverson, S Alcantara, AC Mota, DA Baum. 2016. Revisiting the phylogeny of Bombacoideae (Malvaceae): Novel relationships, morphologically cohesive clades, and a new tribal classification based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 56-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.006.
RS Oliveira, A Abrahão, C Pereira, GS Teodoro, M Brum, S Alcantara, H Lambers. 2016. Ecophysiology of Campos Rupestres Plants. In: GW Fernandes (ed.), Ecology and Conservation of Mountaintop Grasslands in Brazil. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. pp: 227-272. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29808-5_11.
2015
S Alcantara, R Mello-Silva, GS Teodoro, K Drequeceler, DD Ackerly, RS Oliveira. 2015. Carbon assimilation and habitat segregation in resurrection plants: Comparison between desiccation and non-desiccation tolerant species of Neotropical Velloziaceae (Pandanales). Functional Ecology 29: 1499-1512. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12462.
Front cover picture Funct Ecol 29: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652435/2015/29/12
MR Pace, S Alcantara, LG Lohmann, V Angyalossy. Secondary phloem diversity and evolution in Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). 2015. Annals of Botany 116: 333-358. doi:10.1093/aob/mcv106.
2014
S Alcantara, RH Ree, FR Martins, LG Lohmann. 2014. The effect of phylogeny, environment and morphology on communities of a lianescent clade (Bignonieae-Bignoniaceae) in Neotropical biomes. PLoS ONE 9: 3. e90177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090177.
2013
S Alcantara, FB Oliveira, LG Lohmann. 2013. Phenotypic Integration in Flowers of Neotropical Lianas: Diversification of Form with Stasis of Underlying Patterns. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 2283-2296. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12228.
F Firetti-Leggieri, L G Lohmann, S Alcantara, I R Costa, J Semir. 2013. Polyploidy and polyembryony in Anemopaegma (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae). Plant Reproduction 26: 43-53. doi: 10.1007/s00497-012-0206-3.
2011
S Alcantara, LG Lohmann. Contrasting phylogenetic signals and evolutionary rates in floral traits of Neotropical lianas. 2011. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 378-390. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01567.x.
MN Umaña, PR Stevenson, S Alcantara, LG Lohmann. 2011. Pollination in the deceptive species Bignonia corymbosa (Bignoniaceae): A plant who deceives their floral visitors. The International Journal of Plant Reproductive Biology 3: 15-22.
2010
S Alcantara, LG Lohmann. 2010. Evolution of floral morphology and pollination system in Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 782-796. doi: 10.3732/ajb.0900182.
2007
M C Nascimento, SF Alcantara, CRB Haddad, FR Martins. 2007. Allelopathic potential of Pouteria torta (Mart.) Radlk., a species of the Brazilian cerrado. Allelopathy Journal 21: 279-287.
2006
S Alcantara, J Semir, V Solferini. 2006. Low genetic structure in an epiphytic Orchidaceae (Oncidium hookeri) in the Atlantic Rainforest of South-eastern Brazil. Annals of Botany 98: 1207-1213. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcl202.