Check List 7(3): 257-262, doi: 10.15560/7.3.257
Vascular grassland plants of Tibagi River Spring, Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Bianca Ott Andrade,
Carina Kozera,
Gustavo Ribas Curcio,
Franklin Galvão
Corresponding author:
Bianca Andrade
(
andradebo@gmail.com
)
© 2017 Bianca Andrade, Carina Kozera, Gustavo Curcio, Franklin Galvão. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Andrade B, Curcio G, Kozera C, Galvão F (2016) Vascular grassland plants of Tibagi River Spring, Ponta Grossa, Brazil. Check List 7(3): 257-262. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.3.257 | ![Open Access](/i/open_access_icon_colour.svg) |
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.