Publications

Scientific articles

Durgante FM, CC Vasconcelos, HL Hadlich, CL Mallmann, RO Perdiz, KCM Cunha, SR Chaves, C Paquini, K Torralvo, M Hopkins, J Schöngart, MTF Piedade, PA Sá, MLG Conde, & F Wittmann. Near-infrared spectral signature enables tree species identification from herbarium specimens and standing trees in the Amazon Forest using low-cost and reference spectrometers. Submitted for publication, 2026. Preprint available. DOI 10.32942/X2T97T

White DM, FM Durgante, MW Austin, JA Guzmán Q, JA Kennedy, CO Nichodemus, NI Ahlstrand, C Baraloto, B Bekta¸ K Boughalmi, W Cardinal-McTeague, TLP Couvreur, RP Fortier, RS Fuller, OM Grace, R Jackson, K Karbstein, S Kothari, AK Lee, JL Viana, E Martinez-Victoria, JE Meireles, TH Murphy, C Rodrigues-Vaz, D Spalink, H Tuomisto, CC Vasconcelos, & J Cavender-Bares. A Protocol for Standardizing Measurements and Enabling Global Harmonization of Herbarium Leaf Reflectance Spectra. Submitted for publication, 2026. Preprint available. DOI 10.32942/X2SD4D

Hadlich HL, J Schöngart, F Wittmann, CC Vasconcelos, CL Mallmann, MLG Conde, PA Sá, LO Demarchi, GB Mori, MTF Piedade, & FM Durgante. 2025. Exploring the potential of field spectroscopy for tree species identification in different Amazonian forest ecosystems. Global Ecology and Conservation, 54: e03970. DOI 10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03970

Cavender-Bares J, DM White, NI Ahlstrand, M Austin, D Bastianelli, S Bazan, K Boughalmi, W Cardinal-McTeague, E Chacón-Madrigal, TLP Couvreur, C Davis, FM Durgante, OM Grace, JA Guzmán, K Hansen, MS Hernández-Leal, MJG Hopkins, R Jackson, S Kothari, AK Lee, E Léveillé-Bourret, J Pinto-Ledezma, NLQ Casaverde, JE Meireles, B Neto-Bradley, CO Nichodemus, RH Ree, M Schmull, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, H Tuomisto, S Ustin, & CC Vasconcelos. 2025. Next-generation specimen digitization: capturing reflectance spectra from the world’s herbaria for modeling plant biology across time, space, and taxa. New Phytologist (version of record). DOI 10.1111/nph.70645

Robin M, FM Durgante, CL Mallmann, HL Hadlich, C Römermann, LS Falcão, CD Lacerda, s Duvoisin, F Wittmann, MTF Piedade, J Schöngart, & EG Alves. 2025. Leaf spectroscopy as a tool for predicting the presence of isoprene emissions and terpene storage in central Amazon forest trees. Plant Methods 21(1): 78. DOI 10.1186/s13007-025-01400-w

Vasconcelos CC, IDK Ferraz, FM Durgante, F Wittmann, J Schöngart, MTF Piedade, JLC Camargo, & MH Terra-Araujo. 2025. Ecclinusa nervosa (Sapotaceae, Chrysophylloideae), a new species discovered in Central Amazonia. Systematic Botany 50(1): 55-66. DOI 10.1600/036364425X17466502618821

Books and reports

Antonelli A, C Fry, RJ Smith, J Eden, PJ Kersey, I Larridon, AJ Paton MSJ Simmonds, AM Ainsworth, SP Bachman, M Cheek, CC Davis, F Forest, S Lennon, DP Little, M Nesbitt, E Nic Lughadha, SA Smith, T Wilkinson, …FM Durgante,… CC Vasconcelos, et al. 2026. State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2026. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI 10.34885/rdzs-ky83

Instructional material

White DM, NI Ahlstrand, MW Austin, D Bastianelli, S Bazan, K Boughalmi, W Cardinal-McTeague, TLP Couvreur, F Durgante, OM Grace, JA Guzmán Q, K Hansen, M Hopkins, R Jackson, JA Kennedy, S Kothari, AK Lee, É Léveillé-Bourret, JE Meireles, BM Neto-Bradley, CO Nichodemus, NL Quinteros Casaverde, C Rodrigues-Vaz, M Schmull, PS Soltis, D Spalink, CC Vasconcelos, JL Viana, H Tuomisto, T Wells, & J Cavender-Bares. 2025. IHerbSpec Protocol. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15849668

Vasconcelos CC & FM Durgante. 2025. R codes and datasets used in the course ‘Herbarium Spectroscopy with MicroNIR: theory and practice’. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15531968

Event participation

Abstracts

Cunha KCM, FM Durgante, CC Vasconcelos, F Farroñay, JB Silva, A Andrade, & A Vicentini. Abstract: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) reveals a new species and validates the delimitation of genus Manilkara Adans. in Central Amazonia. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Ferreira ER, FM Durgante, CC Vasconcelos, MCAMO Ramos-Ferro, SR Chaves, KCM Cunha, & MJG Hopkins. Abstract: Building a spectral library for the identification of the genus Dipteryx Schreb. (Fabaceae) at the INPA Herbarium. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Silva TAM, CC Vasconcelos, MTF Piedade, C Dapolito-Junior, MCAMO Ramos-Ferro, FM Durgante, & LO Demarchi. Abstract: Can near-infrared spectroscopy distinguish morphotypes of Mabea speciosa (Euphorbiaceae s.s.)?. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Guedes YJG, FM Durgante, CC Vasconcelos, MCAMO Ramos-Ferro, KCM Cunha, SR Chaves, MJG Hopkins. Abstract: Building a spectral library for the identification of the Bignoniaceae family at the INPA Herbarium. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Ataide CS, FM Durgante, CC Vasconcelos, MCAMO Ramos-Ferro, SR Chaves, KCM Cunha, MJG Hopkins. Abstract: Portable NIR Spectroscopy for species discrimination in Ecclinusa (Sapotaceae): Can Amazonian species be distinguished using a low-cost instrument?. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Durgante FM, CC Vasconcelos, MCAMO Ramos-Ferro, SR Ramos-Chave, HL Hadlich, CL Mallmann, KCM Cunha, MJG Hopkins, A Vicentini. Abstract: HerbSpectra-Amazonia: A spectral herbaria network for automated Amazonian species identification. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Ramos-Ferro MCAMO, CC Vasconcelos, SR Chaves, KCM Cunha, TAM Siva, MJG Hopkins, & FM Durgante. Abstract: Standardizing NIR spectroscopy measurements of herbarium specimens: A comparison of background materials using three Sapotaceae species. In: Franco-Brazilian Workshop “Botany of the Future: New Approaches to the Study of the Amazonian Flora”, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. June 2026.

Durgante FM, CC Vasconcelos, MCAMO Ramos-Ferro, SR Chaves, HL Hadlich, CL Mallmann, KCM Cunha, YJG Guedes, EL Cunha, CS Ataide, ER Ferreira, TAM Silva, MJG Hopkins, A Vicentini, LO Demarchi, D Gris, KC Torralvo, RM Rabelo, F Wittmann, MTF Piedade, & J. Schongart. Abstract: Popularization of the use of the Species Spectral Signature in the identification of trees in Sustainable Forest Management in the Amazon: SpectraPop Project.. In: 4th ERBOT NORTE - Regional Meeting of Botanists of the North, Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil. April 2026.

Lima KT, KAL Santos, JB Moreira, CC Vasconcelos, FM Durgante, & HS Pereira. Abstract: NIR spectroscopy applied to the identification of ethnovarieties of Ananas comosus. In: XXI Agronomy Week (SEMAGRO), Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil. October 2025. ABSTRACT https://shre.ink/L29n

Talks

Durgante FM. Talk: HerbSpectra Amazônia and Spectrapop projects in the Amazon Forest. In: IHerbSpec Research Symposium and Meeting, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA. May 2026.

Durgante FM, JL Viana, CC Vasconcelos, HL Hadlich, & CL Mallmann. Symposium: Spectroscopy applied to plant identification: advances for herbaria, management and conservation. In: 75th National Botany Congress and 39th Northeastern Botany Meeting, Federal University of Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar), Parnaíba, PI, Brazil. August 2025.

Torralvo KC, R Holanda, IY Fernandes, AP Lima, C Pasquini, FM Durgante, & WE Magnusson. Talk: Use of NIR spectroscopy in the recognition of anurans: method, efficiency tests and application prospects including low-cost equipment. In: XI Brazilian Congress of Herpetology, Brazilian Society of Herpetology, Manaus, AM, Brazil. August 2025.

Durgante FM. Talk: Spectral herbarium from INPA: equipment, methods and applications to species identification. In: International Herbarium Spectral Digitization (IHerbSpec) Working Group, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA, USA. May 2025. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/Zko1-NvlGUE

Short courses

Durgante FM, CC Vasconcelos, & KCM Cunha. Short course: Species spectral signature: theory and practice of herbarium spectroscopy with portable NIR. In: 4th ERBOT NORTE - Regional Meeting of Botanists of the North, Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil. April 2026. People trained: 4.

Torralvo KC. Short course: Theory and design of near-infrared (NIR) spectral sampling for biodiversity recognition. In: 21st Symposium on Conservation and Participatory Management in the Amazon, Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Tefé, AM, Brazil. July 2025. People trained: 30.

Exhibition

YJG Guedes, EL Cunha, ER Ferreira. In: 22nd National Science and Technology Week at INPA. National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil. October 2025.

Supervision

Ongoing

Maria Clara Abreu Mota de Oliveira Ramos Ferro (MAUA/INPA). MSc student, PPGBOT-INPA: Does the background material matter? Testing reflectance patterns in the spectroscopy of herbarium leaves on different background materials and their effectiveness in discriminating species. Start: March 2025. Advisor: Flávia Durgante. Co-advisor: Caroline Vasconcelos.

Túlio Alex Martins da Silva (MAUA/INPA). PhD student, PPGBOT-INPA: Unraveling the genus Mabea Aubl. (Euphorbioideae: Euphorbiaceae) in the Pan-Amazon. Start: January 2026. Advisor: Layon Demarchi. Co-advisor: Caroline Vasconcelos.

Completed

Caroline L. Mallmann (UFSM/MAUA/INPA). PhD, PPGGEO-UFSM: Applications of Remote Sensing in a drought gradient in Amazon Forest Ecosystems. Start: March 2021. End: June 2026. Advisor: Waterloo Pereira Filho. Co-advisor: Flávia Durgante.

Hilana L. Hadlich (MAUA/INPA). PhD, PPGBOT-INPA: Field recognition of tree species and functional traits by visible and near-infrared spectroscopy in the Amazon. Start: March 2021. End: June 2026. Advisor: Flávia Durgante. Co-advisor: Jochen Schöngart.

Yasmin Jéssica Guimarães Guedes (UFAM/INPA Herbarium). Undergraduate student, PIBIC-INPA: Building a spectral library applied to the identification of Bignoniaceae at the INPA Herbarium. Start: September 2025. End: August 2026. Advisor: Michael Hopkins.

Cassia Sousa Ataide (UFAM/INPA Herbarium). Undergraduate student, PIBIC-INPA: Artificial intelligence applied to the taxonomy of Ecclinusa (Sapotaceae): spectral validation and interoperability with portable spectrometers. Start: February 2026. End: August 2026. Supervisor: Michael Hopkins.

Alumni

Eliandra Rodrigues Ferreira (Estácio/INPA Herbarium). Undergraduate student, PIBIC-INPA: Development of spectral libraries for species identification at the INPA Herbarium: a study with Fabaceae and Meliaceae. Start: September 2025. End: August 2026. Advisor: Michael Hopkins.

Eduardo Leandro Cunha (UFAM/INPA Herbarium). Undergraduate student, PIBIC-INPA: Artificial intelligence applied to the taxonomy of Ecclinusa (Sapotaceae): spectral validation and interoperability with portable spectrometers. Start: September 2025. End: January 2026. Supervisor: Michael Hopkins.

Official courses

Durgante FM, & CC Vasconcelos. Herbarium Spectroscopy with MicroNIR: Theory and practice, held from April 2 to 4, 2025 (18 hours). National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, AM, Brazil. People trained: 13.

Durgante FM, CC Vasconcelos, & LS Melo. Herbarium Spectroscopy with MicroNIR: Theory and practice, held from December 17 to 19, 2025 (18 hours). National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, AM, Brazil. People trained: 12.

Durgante FM, SR Chaves, CC Vasconcelos, KCM Cunha, RP Souza, DL Komura, FAG Silva, F Farroñay, LO Demarchi, MJG Hopkins, SM Bulthuis, VN Yoshikawa, YR Santos, AS Lima, & RAF Gurgel. ATTO 2026 Course for Field Assistants: Paulo Boca Class, held from March 23 to 30, 2026 (66 hours). ATTO Site, São Sebastião do Uatumã, AM, Brazil. People trained: 13.

Durgante FM, CC Vasconcelos, KCM Cunha. Leaf spectral signature in herbaria, held from May 4 to 6, 2026 (18 hours). Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil. People trained: 15.

Durgante FM, SR Chaves, KCM Cunha. Herbarium Spectroscopy with portable NIR: Theory and practice, held from June 9 to 11, 2026 (18 hours). Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Tefé, AM, Brazil. People trained: 8.

Courses taught

Durgante FM. Course: Special Topic - Use of spectroscopy for the recognition of biodiversity, held from August 25 to September 6, 2025 (60 hours). National Institute for Amazonian Research, MSc and PhD program in Botany (PPGBOT). People trained: 10.

Web applications

Vasconcelos CC, M Hopkins, & FM Durgante. 2026. SpectraPop Project Spectral Library – Dashboard developed to facilitate the visualization of the SpectraPop Project spectral library at the INPA Herbarium. APP https://spectrapop.shinyapps.io/dashboard/

Vasconcelos CC, KCM Cunha, & FM Durgante. 2025. iscreader app – Web application developed to facilitate the import, visualization and processing of raw files generated by the portable MicroNIR spectrometer model NIR-S-G1 (InnoSpectra Corp). APP https://spectrapop.shinyapps.io/iscreaderapp/

Vasconcelos CC & FM Durgante. 2025. multispecreader app – Web application developed to facilitate the import, visualization and processing of raw files generated by the Antaris™ II (FT-NIR Analyzer, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) and ASD FieldSpec® (Malvern Panalytical Ltd) spectrometers. APP https://spectrapop.shinyapps.io/multispecreaderapp/