Ana Carolina Venancio Lopeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6381-1877,^1,* Cintia Neves de Souzahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-6512,^1,** Marileide Dias Sabahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-8817,^2,*** Eduardo Custódio Gasparinohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6078-7341<sup>3,****,*****

1</sup>Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
²Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal, Departamento de Educação, Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UEB), Campus VII, Senhor do Bonfim, BA, Brazil
³Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil

^*Ana Carolina Venancio Lopes graduated with a BSc in biological sciences from São Paulo State University (FCAV-Unesp), Brazil. PhD student in the graduate program of Comparative Biology at the University of São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP), Brazil. Ana Carolina's research field is Botany, specializes in the Palynology of the Malvaceae and Gesneriaceae.
^**Cintia Neves De Souza graduated with a BSc in biological sciences and a MSc in Agronomy, Genetics and Plant Breeding from São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, Brazil. Cintia is a PhD student in the graduate program of Comparative Biology at the University of São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP), Brazil. Cintia's research field is Botany, specializing in the Palynology of the Bignoniaceae, Gesneriaceae and Flora of forest fragments from Brazil.
^***Marileide Dias Saba graduated in Biological Sciences (1992), a Master's and a Ph.D. in Botany at the Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil between 2002 and 2007. Since 2006, she has been working as a Titular Professor at the Bahia State University, in the Laboratory of Palynological Studies. She develops research in the field of Palynology, using pollen morphology to study the taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of Brazilian flora, in addition to studies related to the palynological characterization of bee products.
^****CONTACT Eduardo Custódio Gasparino eduardo.gasparino@unesp.br Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14040-901, Brazil.
^*****Eduardo Custodio Gasparino graduated in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP in 2001. Has a Master's and Ph.D. in Plant Biodiversity and Environment from the Instituto de Botânica (2003–2008). Since 2009, he has been working as an Associate Professor at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, Brazil, in the Plant Morphology and Palynology Laboratory at Departamento of Biologia aplicada à Agropecuária. His research is on the Palynology of the Brazilian ecosystems, especially Cerrado and Atlantic Forest.