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| The hepaticae and anthocerotae of Brazil SR Gradstein, DP da Costa New York Botanical Garden Press 87, 1-318, 2003 | 684* | 2003 |
| Catálogo de plantas e fungos do Brasil-Vol. 2 RC Forzza, PM Leitman, A Costa, AA Carvalho Jr, AL Peixoto, BMT Walter, ... JBRJ, 2010 | 549 | 2010 |
| New Brazilian floristic list highlights conservation challenges RC Forzza, JFA Baumgratz, CEM Bicudo, DAL Canhos, AA Carvalho Jr, ... BioScience 62 (1), 39-45, 2012 | 501 | 2012 |
| Brazilian Flora 2020: Innovation and collaboration to meet Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) DP BFG (costa Rodriguésia 69 (4), 1513-1527, 2018 | 440 | 2018 |
| Plantas da floresta Atlântica JR Stehmann Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2009 | 437 | 2009 |
| Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil RC Forzza, PM Leitman, AF Costa, AA Carvalho Jr, AL Peixoto, ... Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2010 | 294 | 2010 |
| Bryophytes diversity in Brazil DP Costa, DF Peralta Rodriguésia 66, 1063-1071, 2015 | 222 | 2015 |
| Briófitas O Yano, DP da Costa UFG, 2000 | 165 | 2000 |
| Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network Brazil Flora Group, J Gomes‐da‐Silva, FLR Filardi, MRV Barbosa, ... Taxon 71 (1), 178-198, 2022 | 159 | 2022 |
| Synopsis of the Brazilian moss flora: checklist, distribution and conservation DP Costa, KC Pôrto, AP Luizi-Ponzo, AL Ilkiu-Borges, CJP Bastos, ... Nova Hedwigia 93 (3), 277, 2011 | 131 | 2011 |
| Epiphytic bryophyte diversity in primary and secondary lowland rainforests in southeastern Brazil DP da Costa Bryologist, 320-326, 1999 | 127 | 1999 |
| Metzgeriaceae (Hepaticae) DP Costa Flora neotropica monograph 102 (1), 1-169, 2008 | 119 | 2008 |
| New national and regional bryophyte records, 46 LT Ellis, AK Asthana, P Srivastava, I Omar, KK Rawat, V Sahu, MJ Cano, ... Journal of Bryology 38 (1), 47-63, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| Diversidade taxonômica na floresta atlântica JR Stehmann, RC FORzzA, A Salino, M Sobral, DP Costa, LHY Kamino Plantas da Floresta Atlântica 1, 3-27, 2009 | 78 | 2009 |
| Briófitas DP Costa, DF Peralta Plantas da Floresta Atlântica. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de …, 2009 | 69 | 2009 |
| Moss diversity in the tropical rainforests of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil DP Costa, FM Lima Brazilian Journal of Botany 28, 671-685, 2005 | 68 | 2005 |
| New national and regional bryophyte records, 25. LT Ellis, AK Asthana, V Sahu, H Bednarek-Ochyra, R Ochyra, MJ Cano, ... Journal of bryology 32 (4), 311-322, 2010 | 66 | 2010 |
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