Mariana Victoria Irume

PhD in Biological Sciences - Botany / Postdoctoral INPA in Amazon. My research is about the floristic composition, ecology, ontogeny, ecophysiology, life forms and spatial distribution of assemblages of epiphytes (epiphytes, hemiepiphytes and nomadic vines) in Terra-Firme forests in the central Amazon. I'm a specialist in vascular epiphytes and Taxonomy of Philodendron Schott (Araceae Juss.). marianairume@hotmail.com; marianairume@gmail.com