IFSULDEMINAS-Campus Poços de Caldas for supporting the research.
Mountains exhibit a high degree of endemism and diversity,however,quantifying their biodiversity can be challenging.Similar to islands,species isolation in mountainous regions results in comparable patterns of evoluti...
Sao Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP)for financial support through the grants:#2009/54208-6;Fapesp-Microsoft Research Institute#2013/50155-0;Fapesp-Vale#2010/51307-0,#2021/10639-5 to LPCM;through fellowships FAPESP#2015/10754-8 to MGGC and#2019/09248-1 to ASS;Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–(CAPES)for scholarships granted to MGGC(Process#88887.583309/2020-00);PPL(#88887.583146/2020-00);JSS(CAPES Finance Code 001);National Council for Scientific and Technological Development(CNPq)for the grants:CNPq-PVE#400717/2013-1 and PDJ#150404/2016-6 to SLS;for the productivity fellowship and grant#311820/2018-2,#306563/2022-3 to LPCM。
Despite the exceptional species richness and endemism,the environmental drivers of plant diversity along old tropical mountains remain underexplored.The respective importance of vegetation types,elevation,slope,and so...