Check List 11(6): e19405, doi: 10.15560/11.6.1803
Species richness and functional groups of angiosperms from the Paraná River Delta region (Argentina)
expand article infoNora Madanes‡, Rubén Darío Quintana§, Patricia Kandus|, Roberto Fabián Bó‡
‡ Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina§ Universidad de Buenos Aires Universidad Nacional de San Martín Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina| Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina

Corresponding author: Nora Madanes ( noram@ege.fcen.uba.ar )

© 2017 Nora Madanes, Rubén Quintana, Patricia Kandus, Roberto Bó.
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Citation: Madanes N, Kandus P, Quintana R, Bó R (2015) Species richness and functional groups of angiosperms from the Paraná River Delta region (Argentina). Check List 11(6): 1803. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1803
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Abstract
We provide a checklist of angiosperms collected in the Paraná River Delta Region during the 1990s and early 2000s. Plants were taxonomically identified and classified according to their origin (native/endemic and exotic) and functional group based on their distribution, biological type, morpho-ecology, photosynthetic type and life cycle. A total of 79 families and 375 species were recorded, of which 87.5% were native (46.93% of subtropical-temperate distribution) and 12.5% were exotic (62.72% of temperate distribution). The herbaceous broadleaf and graminoid vegetation predominated in native (76.65%) and exotic (82.35%) species groups. There were only equisetoid herbaceous plants in native species group. Rooted emergent plants and the C3 functional group predominated among native (88.69% and 80.62%, respectively) and exotic (100% in both cases) species groups. Most of the native plants (85.23%) were perennials, while annuals and perennials were equally represented among the exotic species.
Keywords
biological types; distribution; life cycles; morpho-ecology; native and exotic plant species, photosynthetic types; wetlands