The systematic distribution of vascular epiphytes – a critical update

By G. Zotz. 2013

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Functional leaf traits of vascular epiphytes: vertical trends within the forest, intra‐ and interspecific trait variability, and taxonomic signals (2016, neutral): “Vascular epiphytes, plants growing non-parasitically on other plants without contact to the soil (Zotz 2013), are particularly suitable for studying the influence of vertical environmental gradients on functional traits, because individuals are entirely exposed to different environmental conditions…”
Plants on Plants – The Biology of Vascular Epiphytes (2016, background): “Recently, Zotz (2013) provided a revised list of the distribution of vascular epiphytes in the plant kingdom.”
GIFT – A Global Inventory of Floras and Traits for macroecology and biogeography (2019, background): “Zotz, G. (2013) The systematic distribution of vascular epiphytes - a critical update.”
Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species (2015, background): “…estimated that 56% of all Bromeliaceae are obligately or facultatively epiphytic, making this the second largest family of vascular epiphytes after Orchidaceae, given that true epiphytes in Araceae, a family of comparable size to Bromeliaceae, are less common than climbers and vines (Zotz, 2013).”