Revista Caatinga (Jan 2011)

CHECKLIST DAS MONOCOTILEDÔNEAS DO CEARÁ, BRASIL

  • REGINA CELLI ARAÚJO DE FREITAS,
  • MARIA LUANA GAUDÊNCIO DOS SANTOS,
  • LÍGIA QUEIROZ MATIAS

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 75 – 84

Abstract

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The preparation of lists from the obtaining of primary data in herbaria contributes to enrich knowledge about the Brazilian flora. Mainly, for botanical groups present in the region semiarid and characterized by low availability of information as the monocotyledons. In this way, this work presents a floristic survey of monocotyledons of the State of Ceará, northeast of Brazil, analyzing the taxa richness. The data, which are computerized and available in the software BRAHMS 6.7, were obtained from collecting of the Herbarium Prisco Bezerra (EAC). A total of 3,472 exsicates from collections in the State of Ceará were analyzed, representing 540 species, 207 genera and 28 families. The richest families were: Poaceae (193 spp.), Cyperaceae (104 spp.), Orchidaceae (51 spp.), Bromeliaceae (38 spp.) and Araceae (35 spp.). The richest genera were: Cyperus (31 spp.), Paspalum (26 spp.), Panicum (23 spp.), Rhynchospora (17 spp.), Eleocharis (16 spp.) and Eragrostis (13 spp.).