Andressa Cabral
Scientific profile
I am a botanist with expertise in trait-based biogeography of tropical plants, macroevolution, macroecology, plant-frugivore interactions, and the taxonomy and systematics of Neotropical Velloziaceae J. Agardh, especially Barbacenia Vand. Since my bachelor's degree, I have been working on floristics and conservation in the eastern Brazilian mountains. My master’s thesis focused on the systematics, biogeography, functional diversity in Barbacenia, a lineage found mostly across the eastern Brazilian mountains. My PhD at iDiv focuses on the macroevolution and macroecology of frugivory-related traits in tropical plants.
Scientific career
2021–present. Doctoral researcher in Evolution and Adaptation (E&A Lab) research group, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
2017–2020. MSc. Biology (Botany). University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2018. Scientific internship for the master's degree. Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn, Germany.
2016–2017. Lic. Biology. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
2012–2016. BSc. Biology. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
Selected publications
For a full list of my publications, see my Google Scholar profile (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-BR&user=zWG-5s4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate).
iDiv publications
Magri, R. A., Cabral, A., Prado, J., Lopes, J. C.
(2024): Two new critically endangered species of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) from the Campos Rupestres of Espinhaço Range, Brazil. PhytotaxaWölke, Friederike J. R., Cabral, Andressa, Lim, Jun Ying, Kissling, W. Daniel, Onstein, Renske E.
(2023): Africa as an evolutionary arena for large fruits. New PhytologistCabral, A., Ferreira-Júnior, C. A., de Menezes, N. L.
(2023): Two new remarkable species of Barbacenia (Velloziaceae) from the Brazilian Espinhaço Range in honor of Renato Mello-Silva. PhytotaxaCabral, A., Albuquerque Magri, R., Lopes, J. d. C.
(2022): Increasing knowledge on the diversity of canelas-de-ema in the campo rupestre: two new species of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) from the southern Espinhaço Range, Brazil. Plant Ecology and EvolutionCardoso, P. H., Neto, L. M., Cabral, A., Trovo, M.
(2021): Taxonomic updates in Brazilian Stachytarpheta (Verbenaceae) with atropurpureous to black corollas: Two new species and a new synonym. Phytotaxa
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