Floristic composition of a Subtropical bog, Eastern Plateau from southern Brazil

By

Baptista, Luís Rios de Moura
Lorscheitter, Maria Luisa
Scherer, Caroline

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

8

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

224--236

Subjects

bog , Flora , Rio Grande do Sul , Southern Brazilian Plateau

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/8.2.224

 

Abstract

This is a comprehensive list of plants and fungi from a bog in the Southern Brazilian Plateau, which may be used as a reference for subtropical marsh flora investigations. The very well preserved bog named Banhado Amarelo (29°19’ S, 50°08’ W) is located on the eastern Plateau of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. A total of 262 specific and infra-specific taxa were listed, including six macroscopic fungi, 10 lichens, 21 mat forming algae, 57 bryophytes, 12 pteridophytes, two gymnosperms and 154 angiosperms. For every taxon the mode of occurrence in the bog was indicated. The frequency of distinct taxonomic groups among themselves was determined and a general description of the flora of the main bog environments is presented. The number of taxa found in the bog was compared to those obtained in other surveys of bogs of the eastern Plateau from Rio Grande do Sul.