Ad Fontes? Semper ad Montes!

This book is composed of articles I devised and organized, with original research, mainly in botany, conducted along decades in Brazil. Some of the manuscripts which became chapters herein had been formatted as articles according to the targeted journals. I have not attempted to unify their formats in this book. I did not perfect nor further edit non-essential details inherent to the journals. The proof of the pudding is in the eating [as opposed to the wrapping]. Modifications of format were done only to adapt the content to electronic publication form (e-pub). The chapters (separate projects or article manuscripts) are in no specific order. Collaborators, regardless of the volume of their contributions, appear as co-authors of the individual chapters, or are otherwise acknowledged in the text.

Collaborating Authors with links to their online CVs:Ana Claudia Ghizi de MelloAna Maria ArgôloBárbara de Sá HaiadCarlos Alberto Raposo MoreiraClaudia de Moraes RezendeHeloísa Alves de Lima CarvalhoKelly AntunesLuciene Campos São LeãoMarcos André Raposo FerreiraMariana Terrôla Martins FerreiraNarjara Lopes de AbreuNílber Gonçalves da SilvaRuy José Válka Alves

Has the Pride of Burma gone with the wind? (Observations on the reproductive biology of Amherstia nobilis);Floristic similarities among physiognomies of the Cerrado mosaic in Brazil and their conservation implications;Vascular floristic affinities among Brazilian grasslands;Four species of Camponotus ants commit mass suicide in a campfire with Eremanthus erythropappus wood.Success of native vs. invasive plants in the re-colonizing Trindade Island after feral goat eradication. (Part of the PhD thesis of Nílber G. Silva, guided by the editor).Orchids of Cabo Frio Island, Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (translated MSc thesis of Ana Cludia Ghizi de Mello, guided by the editor).Flower color phenology in Cattleya guttata from Cabo Frio Island.Determining some of the last mystery plants collected by von Martius in Brazil. On the identity of Pelexia phallocallosa and Sarcoglottis caudata (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae).On the use of satellite images in botanical studies in Conservation Units. (Response to an article with suspicious floristic sources).A note about Anemia "chlupatá" and Anemia "striata" (Schizeaceae). (Response to a plagiarism of my floristic list of the São José Mountain range).Limestone-dwelling Vascular Flora of the Gruta Casa de Pedra near Tiradentes.Live long or prosper!