10.18453/rosdok_id00004404 Bondi de Macedo, Luiz Fernando Luiz Fernando Bondi de Macedo http://d-nb.info/gnd/1299757251 Universität Rostock 2023 570 Life science 580 Botanical sciences 2023 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00004404 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00004404-6 The desiccation-tolerant vascular plants (DT plants) are often perceived as plants able to deal with environmental harshness and paradigms concerning ecological aspects of desiccation tolerance have been developed. Here, we discuss the ecology of DT plants, testing untested paradigms and fulfilling knowledge gaps regarding their ecology and conservation by combining biogeographical and functional approaches from a taxonomic, phylogenetic, and conservation perspective.