Climbing plants of Porto Ferreira State Park, southeastern Brazil

Authors

  • Betânia da Cunha Vargas Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Ana Paula Caldeira Oliveira Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Renata Giassi Udulutsch Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
  • Gabriel Mendes Marcusso Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Gabriel Pavan Sabino Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Pablo Hendrigo Alves de Melo Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Roberta Marotti Martelletti Grillo Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Vitor de Andrade Kamimura Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica
  • Marco Antonio Assis Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, Departamento de Botânica

Keywords:

Cerrado, Seasonal Semideciduous Forest, ecotone, climbing plants

Abstract

Abstract A floristic survey of climbing plants was carried out in an ecotone area of seasonal semideciduous forest (SSF) and forested savanna (CER), in Porto Ferreira State Park (PFSP), Southeastern Brazil. We sampled the reproductive specimens every month during two periods, March 2010 to September 2011 and April and July 2015. The surveys were performed by the walking method, and the sampled individuals were classified by habit, climbing mechanism and dispersal mode. Overall, 109 species, belonging to 67 genera and 29 families, were recorded; 49 species occurred in both, 29 and 31 were exclusive to SSF and CER, respectively. Bignoniaceae and Malpighiaceae were the richest families, with 17 species, followed by Sapindaceae (12 species), Asteraceae and Apocynaceae (8 species each) and Fabaceae (6). The majority of climbers were lianas, twining and anemochoric species, corresponding to 70%, 47% and 66% of all samples, respectively. In this work, we added one new family and 14 species to the Cerrado’s list of climbing plants from São Paulo state, and 10 species to the Brazilian seasonal semideciduous forest’s list. Therefore, we contributed to the understanding of diversity of climbing plants in vegetation types poorly studied for this plant group, mainly in the Cerradão, wherein we found new records for several species.

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2018-01-01

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Vargas, B. da C., Oliveira, A. P. C., Udulutsch, R. G., Marcusso, G. M., Sabino, G. P., Melo, P. H. A. de, Grillo, R. M. M., Kamimura, V. de A., & Assis, M. A. (2018). Climbing plants of Porto Ferreira State Park, southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 18(2). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1505

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