Vascular grassland plants of Tibagi River Spring, Ponta Grossa, Brazil

By

Andrade, Bianca Ott
Kozera, Carina
Curcio, Gustavo Ribas
Galvão, Franklin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

7

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

257--262

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/7.3.257

 

Abstract

A systematic survey was carried out on wet grasslands found over Histosols at Upper Tibagi River basin, between Ponta Grossa and Palmeira municipalities, in the state of Paraná, Brazil, place of high importance because of soil water retention capability and soil carbon pool composition. We provide a checklist containing 146 species, 96 genera and 42 plant families for the area. Families with higher species richness were Asteraceae (27 species; 21 genera), Poaceae (24; 16) and Cyperaceae (18; 6). Four species were classified as endangered or rare, and one as exotic. The specific richness in wet grassland environments at the state of Paraná underlines the need for conservation efforts encompassing these formations.