Abstract A floristic treatment is presented for Cunoniaceae in the Caparaó National Park (PNC), located Mantiqueira Mountain Range, on border of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states. This conservation unit comprises highest mountain peak southeastern Brazil, Bandeira Peak, at 2,890 m elevation. Its vegetation encompasses different phytophysiognomies, including Dense Ombrophilous Forests, Mont...

There are well-known difficulties in using the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial gene region for population genetics and DNA barcoding in corals. A recent study of species divergence in the endemic Caribbean genus Agaricia reinforced such knowledge. However, the growing availability of whole mitochondrial genomes may help indicate more promising gene regions for species delineation. I as...