Jenifer C. Lopes

Botanist (PhD) interested in #biogeography and #systematics of #Annonaceae 🌳 and #Velloziaceae.

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[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

Vellozia is one of the most rich and abundant endemic genus in the Campos Rupestres in #Brazil. In this paper we investigated how past climate change helped to shape #Vellozia the present distribution of this iconic genus 👇🏽

https://t.co/ldlRaa7UhP

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

New Guinea is the largest tropical island, boasting a fantastic biodiversity that is still being described. In this paper, we described 4 new species of Annonaceae, one of which is broadly distributed on the island and was first collected 100 years ago!

https://t.co/kXmyYYOMhR

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

I'm pleased to share that my REU student, Rain Bugado, was one of the winners of the 2025 Undergraduate Research Prize by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) for her project on the conservation of Vellozia.

https://t.co/FWD9nMKY4T

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@jason_nge @AustralianBG @NewPhyt Congratulations 🎉

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

@peng_shijia Thanks 🤩

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

Brazil has more than 53,000 species of plants and fungi, one of the richest flora in the world! I love talking about that! Today, I gave a talk at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University about this subject 🍄🪴🌿🇧🇷

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@mohammad_jorid Thanks!

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How does the specimens available online become well curated? Because the taxonomists go to these museums to analyse the real specimens and make the species identifications. I updated the Vellozia collection at the Missouri Botanical Garden's herbarium after one week of work.

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

@timutteridge Safe travels!

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

Vellozia is an iconic genus in the campos rupestres, a mountainous environment in the highlands of central-eastern Brazil. Under climate change, each species of Vellozia is expected to lose 84.26 % of its suitable habitat by 2060!

https://t.co/TyuVxK2WVJ

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

I love to see my dear plants on the field! I collected this beautiful Vellozia angustifolia in Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brazil. See how beautiful are the Campos Rupestres, where they occur!

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

@timutteridge @nparksbuzz Congratulations!!!

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

@mohammad_jorid This is an interesting question indeed!

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

Vellozia is one of the most rich and abundant endemic genus in the Campos Rupestres in #Brazil. In this paper we investigated how past climate change helped to shape #Vellozia the present distribution of this iconic genus 👇🏽

https://t.co/ldlRaa7UhP

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

I'm attending the 74° Brazilian National Conference of Botany in Brasília and today I presented the paper we published recently about nomenclature of Vellozia 👇🏽

https://t.co/IjN3xpYeWH

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

It was a great honour to meet this incredible woman, Dr. Ana Maria Giullietii Harley! She is a Brazilian botanist and was the supervisor of many Brazilian botanists, such as my PhD supervisor. She was a pioneer in the studies of the plants from the Campos Rupestres!

[Arcii Naive｜马克 🇵🇭 @begoniARCIIae]

Informative and great talk by @jason_nge, happy to finally seeing you in person. 🤗

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

Saiu uma reportagem na @AgenciaFAPESP sobre o artigo do meu pós-doutorado na @usponline sob supervisão da @Lucia_Lohmann e @tlpcouvreur 🌳💚

https://t.co/r0xnph9DM4

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

Excellent correspondence from @Rick_S_Ribeiro
It highlights the disparity among the earnings of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Brazil.

https://t.co/aUkg4imk1z

[Lucia Lohmann @Lucia_Lohmann]

The end of an amazing week in Kigali🇷🇼, with my favorite community of Tropical Biologists celebrating the ATBC's 60th Anniversary and discussing how we can broaden the voices of tropical biology and conservation & establish global partnerships to build a more resilient planet.

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

@plantpollinator Thanks!

[Jenifer C. Lopes @JeniferCLopes]

There are 2 things I like talking about: plants and plants from Brazil. I had the opportunity to present the project REFLORA in the #botany2024. Some facts, there are 52,000 plants and fungi in #Brazil and more than 4.4 million specimens images. See below

https://t.co/gvSukIwjtL