Check List 9(4): 733-739, doi: 10.15560/9.4.733
Flowering plants of the Grota do Angico Natural Monument, Caatinga of Sergipe, Brazil
Ana Cecília da Cruz Silva‡, Ana Paula do Nascimento Prata‡, Anabel Aparecida de Mello§‡ Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil§ iversidade Federal de Sergipe,
Corresponding author: Ana Cecília Silva ( cecilia.bio@bol.com.br ) © 2017 Ana Cecília Silva, Ana Paula Prata, Anabel Mello. 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:
Silva A, Prata A, Mello A (2013) Flowering plants of the Grota do Angico Natural Monument, Caatinga of Sergipe, Brazil. Check List 9(4): 733-739. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.4.733 |  |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to survey the Angiosperms from an area of Caatinga, in the Grota do Angico Natural Monument, state of Sergipe, Brazil. A total of 174 species and 51 families were registered. Fabaceae (29 species) is the family with the highest number of species, followed by Asteraceae (11), Euphorbiaceae (10), Malvaceae and Poaceae (9 each) and Rubiaceae (8), Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae and Convolvulaceae (7 each). Most species are herbaceous (55.2%), followed by trees (20.7%), shrubs and vines (7.5% each), subshrubs (6.3%), epiphytes (1.7%) and hemiparasites (1.2%). Approximately 17% (30 species) of the flora are endemic to the Caatinga, one species is rare and two are vulnerable. Our results reinforce the importance of conserving the remaining forest vegetation against the anthropic pressure.
Keywords
Angiosperms; taxonomy; diversity; conservation