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Floristic composition in a hectare of cerrado stricto sensu hectare in the ARIE - Cerrado Pé-de-Gigante, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, SP

WEISER, Veridiana de Lara and GODOY, Silvana Aparecida Pires de.

Abstract : A floristic survey was carried out in one ha of cerrado stricto sensu, in the northern part of the ARIE - Cerrado Pé-de-Gigante, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 428 specimens in reproductive stage were collected in twenty-five field trips to the area, from november 1996 to april 1998. The flora shows 141 species, representing 109 genera and 49 families. Leguminosae, Asteraceae, Malpighiaceae and Myrtaceae were the most representative families. Flowering and fruiting were higher in the rainy season. The zoochorous species (61) were greater than anemo (46) and autochorous (34) ones. The cerrado flora as a whole and its two components, woody and herbaceous, were analysed separately.

Keywords : cerrado; floristic inventory; phenology; dispersal syndromes.


Acta Bot. Bras., May/Aug. 2001, vol.15, no.2, p.201-212. (Full text available in Portuguese).