Vascular flora of the Legado das Águas, Reserva Votorantim, municipalities of Tapiraí, Miracatú and Juquiá, São Paulo, Brazil

By

Colletta, Gabriel Dalla
Souza, Vinicius Castro
Almeida, Thaís Elias
Cabral, Fernanda Nunes
Diogo, Ivan Jeferson
Flores, Thiago Bevilacqua
Coelho, Rubens Luiz Gayoso
Moreno, Vanessa Souza
Salino, Alexandre
Ferreira, Marcelo Antonio Pinho
Ivanauskas, Natália Macedo
Tamashiro, Jorge Yoshio
Liboni, Ana Paula
Neto, Antonio Campos Rocha
Virillo, Carolina Bernucci
Delfini, Carolina Feliciano
Potascheff, Carolina de Moraes
Braga, Daniel Palma Perez
Oliveira, Denise Balbão
Castillo-Díaz, Diana Consuelo
Mello, Felipe Nery
Florido, Flávia Garcia
Fagundes, Isabella Cruz
Rigon, Jesiani
Kuntz, Juliana
Costa, Marina Fernanda Bortolin
Bettinardi, Mariana Luiza
Oliveira Neto, Mario Albino
Caramez, Renata Bergamo
Polisel, Rodrigo Trassi
Girão, Vanessa Jó
Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-12-24

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

2020--14

Subjects

Atlantic Forest biome , Biodiversity , Serra do Mar , species list

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.6.2020

 

Abstract

We present  a list of vascular plants found in Legado das Águas, Reserva Votorantim, a private reserve having an area of approximately 35,000 ha that spans the municipalities of Tapiraí, Miracatú, and Juquiá, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The reserve is part of a complex of state-protected areas including Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park, Intervales State Park , Carlos Botelho State Park, Jurupará State Park, and Serra do Mar State Park. Together, these form an important and large area of continuous and well-preserved forest. Our study, which involved two main floristic surveys in March/April 2013 and April 2014, recorded 768 species, representing 131 families and 432 genera. The majority of species were angiosperms (619) representing 106 families and 370 genera. There were also two species of gymnosperms belonging to two genera in separate families; 147 species of ferns and lycophytes belonging to 23 families and 60 genera. In demonstrating the presence of almost 800 species of plants, of which 16 are threatened, our study highlights the importance of floristic surveys and the critical role of private protected areas in managing and preserving native flora.