Growing knowledge: an overview of seed plant diversity in Brazil
An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country's biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 specialists working online. Brazil is home to 32,086 native Angiosperms and 23 native Gymnosperms, showing an increase of 3% in its species richness in relation to 2010. The Amazon Rainforest is the richest Brazilian biome for Gymnosperms, while the Atlantic Rainforest is the richest one for Angiosperms. There was a considerable increment in the number of species and endemism rates for biomes, except for the Amazon that showed a decrease of 2.5% of recorded endemics. However, well over half of Brazillian seed plant species (57.4%) is endemic to this territory. The proportion of life-forms varies among different biomes: trees are more expressive in the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforest biomes while herbs predominate in the Pampa, and lianas are more expressive in the Amazon, Atlantic Rainforest, and Pantanal. This compilation serves not only to quantify Brazilian biodiversity, but also to highlight areas where there information is lacking and to provide a framework for the challenge faced in conserving Brazil's unique and diverse flora.
Main Author: | RODRIGO STEFANO DUNO |
---|---|
Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca |
Language: | spa |
Subjects: | info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/ANGIOSPERMS, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/BIOMES, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/ENDEMISM, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/GYMNOSPERMS, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/LIFE-FORMS, info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2, |
Online Access: | http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1481 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Lophiaris Tapiae, a new species in the Lophiaris Oerstedii complex (Orchidaceae) from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
by: RICARDO BALAM NARVAEZ, et al. -
An addition to genus Hechtia (Hechtioideae; Bromeliaceae) from Jalisco, Mexico
by: IVON MERCEDES RAMIREZ MORILLO, et al. -
Marsdenia calichicola (Apocynaceae), a narrow endemic, endangered new species from the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula
by: GERMAN CARNEVALI FERNANDEZ CONCHA, et al. -
The Reserva de la Biosfera Barranca de Metztitlan (Hidalgo): An illustrated checklist of bromeliads and orchids and their high levels of Mexican endemisms
by: CLAUDIA TERESA HORNUNG LEONI, et al. -
Three new species and growth patterns in Hechtia (Bromeliaceae: Hechtioideae)
by: IVON MERCEDES RAMIREZ MORILLO, et al.