Grassland Species Collected in an Area of the Amazon Dense Rain Forest Southern

• Main Authors: J. M. P. Florentino, E. C. Paixão, R. M. Miranda, R. Arruda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis 2013-07-01
• Series: Scientific Electronic Archives
• Subjects: floristic composition; plant diversity; ferns
• Online Access: https://sea.ufr.edu.br/index.php?journal=SEA&page=article&op=view&path=38

Abstract: The knowledge related to floristic composition and all strata, including herbaceous, are needed to characterize and understand the dynamics of tropical forests. This study aimed to investigate the floristic composition of herbs in an area of ??tropical rain forest of Mato Grosso, producing a list of herbaceous species are on site. All individuals and herbaceous hemiepiphytes above 5 cm were recorded. Inventoried 7,965 individuals, representing 70 species. The angiosperms were represented by 10 families, with the most representative families in number of species Cyperaceae and Poaceae. Ferns were represented by 13 families, the family Pteridaceae as the richest in species. These results reinforce the need to increase the sampling effort for the herbaceous layer, especially floristic surveys for Southern Amazon as of 70 species inventoried 11espies not have records for the state of Mato Grosso. The Amazon of Mato Grosso suffers severe pressure from deforestation, as part of the region known as the Arc of Deforestation. This fact combined with the results of this work shows the urgency to intensify the sampling effort in this region that presents itself as a void in terms of surveys of plant diversity. Keywords: floristic composition, plant diversity, ferns