Supplementary Material – Do anatomical traits converge on epiphytic plants?

Table S1 – Vouchers of epiphytic species registered in the dwarf cloud forest in Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca.Figure S1 – a-i. Cross sections Billbergia distachia; b. Nidularium ferdinandocoburgii; c. stomata (ellipses) on both surfaces of the epidermis and think cuticle (arrow) in Tillandsia gardneri; d. Tillandsia geminiflora; e. thick cuticle in Tillandsia stricta (arrow); f. Tillandsia usneoides; g. Vriesea bituminosa; h. Vriesea friburguensis; i. Vriesea penduliflora. Star = braciform cells. Bars = 100 μm.Figure S2 – a-j. Cross sections of Orchidaceae leaf blades from Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca – a. Bifrenaria vitelina; b. Bulbophyllum micropetaliforme; c. Dichaea cogniauxiana; d. Epidendrum paranaense; e. Epidendrum pseudodifforme; f. Gomesa glaziovii; g. Hadrolaelia coccinea; h. fibers (arrows) in Maxillaria subulata; i. glandular trichome in Maxillaria subulata; j. pitted thickenings of hypodermis cell walls (arrow) in Maxillaria subulata. Bars: e = 200 μm; a, b, d, h = 100 μm; c, f = 50 μm; i = 20 μm; g = 10 μm.Figure S3 – a-h. Cross sections of Orchidaceae leaf blades from Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca – a. thick cuticle with flanges (arrow) in detail of Octomeria crassifolia; b. glandular trichome (arrow in detail) in Pleurothallis rubens; c. Promenaea xanthina; d. Prosthechea allemanoides; e. Prosthechea pachysepala; f. Scaphyglottis modesta; g. Stelis caespitosa; h. glandular trichomes (arrow) in Stelis caespitosa. (hy = hipodermis; pf = perivascular fibers). Bars: a, detail in a, b, g = 200 μm; c-e = 100 μm; f, h = 50 μm; detail in b = 10 μm.Figure S4 – a-k. Cross sections of ferns leaf blades from Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca – a. Asplenium auritum; b. Hymenophyllum polyanthos; c. star-shaped trichome in Hymenophyllum polyanathos; d. epidermis with chloroplasts in Hymenophyllum polyanthos; e. Cochlidium punctatum; f. chloroplasts in epidermal cells of Cochlidium punctatum; g. Microgramma squamulosa; h. Pecluma pectinatiformis; i. scale in Pleopeltis hirsutissima; j. Pleopeltis macrocarpa; k. Serpocaulon catharinae. Bars: g = 200 μm; a, h, k = 100 μm; c, e, i = 50 μm; b, d, f = 20 μm; j = 10 μm.Figure S5 – a-e. Cross sections and dissociation of Araceae leaf blades from Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca – a-c. phenolic compounds (arrow) in Anthurium minarumAnthurium minarum (paraffin embedding); b. potassium dichromate histochemical test; c. dissociation and phenolics in epidermal cells; d. transverse section of Anthurium scandens; e: transverse section of Philodendron appendiculatum. Bars: a, c, e = 100 μm; d = 50 μm; b = 20 μm.Figure S6 – a-h. Cross sections and dissociation of leaf blades from Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca – a. multiseriate epidermis in Peperomia diaphanoides; b. Peperomia mandioccana; c. tector (arrow) and glandular (arrow head) trichomes in Peperomia mandioccana; d. Nematanthus strigillosus; e. glandular trichome in Nematanthus strigillosus; f. hight density of tector (arrow) and glandular (arrow head) trichome in Nematanthus strigillosus; g. Griselinia ruscifolia; h. Hillia parasitica. Bars: a, b, d, f = 100 μm; g, h = 50 μm; c, e = 20 μm.Figure S7 – a. Anthurium minarum; b. Anthurium scandens; c. Philodendron appendiculatum; d. Billbergia distachia; e. Nidularium ferdinandocoburgii; f. Tillandsia gardneri; g. Tillandsia geminiflora; h. Tillandsia stricta; i. Tillandsia usneoides; j. Vriesea bituminosa; k. Vriesea friburgensis; l. Vriesea penduliflora; m. Bifrenaria vitellina; n. Bulbophyllum micropetaliforme; o. Dichaea cogniauxiana; p. Epidendrum paranaense; q. Epidendrum pseudodifforme; r. Gomesa glaziovii; s. Hadrolaelia coccinea; t. Maxillaria subulata.Figure S8 – a. Octomeria crassifolia; b. Pleurothallis rubens; c. Promenaea xanthina; d. Prosthechea allemanoides; e. Prosthechea pachysepala; f. Scaphyglottis modesta; g. Stelis caespitosa; h. Asplenium auritum; i. Hymenophyllum polyanthos; j. Cochlidium punctatum; k. Microgramma squamulosa; l. Pecluma pectinatiformis; m. Pleopeltis hirsutissima; n. Pleopeltis macrocarpa; o. Serpocaulon catharinae; p. Peperomia diaphanoides; q. Peperomia mandioccana; r. Nematanthus strigillosus; s. Griselinia ruscifolia; t. Hillia parasitica.