Plant diversity of the Pantanal wetland/Diversidade de plantas do Pantanal

This is a review of current studies in diversity of the flora and main vegetation types in the Brazilian Pantanal. The flora of this wetland, nearly 2,000 species, constitutes a pool of elements of wide distribution and from more or less adjacent phytogeographic provinces, such as Cerrado, dry seaso...

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Published inBrazilian journal of biology Vol. 71; no. 1(SUPPL); p. S265
Main Authors Pott, A, Oliveira, A.K.M, Damasceno-Junior, G.A, Silva, J.S.V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published São Carlos Association of the Brazilian Journal of Biology 01.02.2011
Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
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Argentina
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Summary:This is a review of current studies in diversity of the flora and main vegetation types in the Brazilian Pantanal. The flora of this wetland, nearly 2,000 species, constitutes a pool of elements of wide distribution and from more or less adjacent phytogeographic provinces, such as Cerrado, dry seasonal forests, Chaco, Amazonia and Atlantic Forest. The most numerous group includes wide-distribution species, mainly herbs, while the second contingent comes from the Cerrado. Endemic plants are rare, numbering only seven. The vegetation of the sedimentary floodplain is a mosaic of aquatics, floodable grasslands, riparian forests, savannas (cerrados), cerrado woodlands, dry forests, and a large area of mono-dominant savannas, and pioneer woodlands. The main vegetation types are briefly described with their characteristic species, and their estimated areas are given according to the latest mapping.
ISSN:1519-6984
1678-4375