10.6084/m9.figshare.5720920.v1
Wenia de Oliveira Souza
Wenia de Oliveira
Souza
Nelson Túlio Lage Pena
Nelson Túlio Lage
Pena
Mário Luís Garbin
Mário Luís
Garbin
Anderson Alves-Araújo
Anderson
Alves-Araújo
Macrophytes from Parque Estadual de Itaúnas, Espírito Santo, Brazil
SciELO journals
2017
floristics
neotropics
aquatic plants
similarity
2017-12-20 03:11:37
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Macrophytes_from_Parque_Estadual_de_Ita_nas_Esp_rito_Santo_Brazil/5720920
<p></p><p>Abstract Macrophytes are organisms that have active photosynthetic parts and may be permanently or seasonally submerged, or floating. Given the ecological and physiognomic relevance of the group, this study aimed to determine the richness of aquatic plants from the Parque Estadual de Itaúnas (PEI), Espírito Santo, Brazil, and its floristic links with other areas in the Atlantic Forest. A total of 66 species, 48 genera and 31 families of aquatic macrophytes were found for PEI, of which two are unpublished records for Brazil (Sesbania herbacea and Utricularia biloba), five for the state (Ipomoea bahiensis, Ludwigia cf filiformis, Ludwigia hyssopifolia, Mollugo verticillata, Paspalum repens) and 49 new occurrences for PEI. Most of species are represented by angiosperms and only three species belong to Ferns and Licophytes. The similarity analysis results revealed two groups, one formed exclusively by areas considered as “restingas” while another is composed by areas with different plant physiognomies. Thus, new records allied to the low similarity of species composition make evident the importance of the area for the conservation of aquatic macrophytes from the Atlantic Forest.</p><p></p>