Caracterización florística de ambientes de la cuenca baja del Río Cucurital, afluente del Río Caroní, Estado Bolívar, Guayana Venezolana

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Acta Amazonica

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009-03

RESUMO

As a contribution to the floristic knowledge of the Caroní river basin, botanical collections were made in several environments of the lower Cucurital river basin, including forests, riverine forests, palm swamp forests (morichal), savanna, scrublands and altered areas. In middle and tall forests additional collections were made in plots of 0.1 ha. In general, the families with the highest number of species were Melastomataceae (46), Rubiaceae (33), Euphorbiaceae (23), Cyperaceae (19), Myrtaceae (18), Fabaceae (18), Clusiaceae (15), Arecaceae (15), Caesalpiniaceae (14), Chrysobalanaceae (14), Lauraceae (14), Poaceae (13) and Burseraceae (12), being the most representative of the low river basin. The genera with highest number of species are Miconia (17), Psychotria (13), Ocotea (10), Myrcia (8), Protium (7), Licania (7) and Rhynchospora (7). Melastomataceae and Rubiaceae families predominated in all environments with exception of the savanna. In the forest, Lauraceae, Burseraceae, Arecaceae, Chrysobalanaceae and Euphorbiaceae were the most abundant, as such as Myrtaceae and Cyperaceae in the riverine forests. Cyperaceae and Poaceae predominated in morichal and savanna. Nineteen species were previously reported only to the Venezuelan Guayana. Twelve of these are only known to the Bolivar state, reinforcing the idea that ecological, topographic and edaphic conditions can determine the presence of particular floristic elements. Human activities are scarce, which is reflected in unaltered vegetal communities and environments. The few altered communities have been colonized by native herbaceous and scrub species.

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