Floristic survey of vascular plants of a poorly known area in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Flona do Rio Preto, Espirito Santo).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened biomes in the world. Despite that, this biome still includes many areas that are poorly known floristically, including several protected areas, such as the "Floresta Nacional do Rio Preto" ("Flona do Rio Preto"), located in the Brazilian State of Espírito Santo. This study used a published vascular plant species list for this protected area from the "Catálogo de Plantas das Unidades de Conservação do Brasil" as the basis to synthesise the species richness, endemism, conservation and new species occurrences found in the "Flona do Rio Preto".

New information

The published list of vascular plants was based on field expeditions conducted between 2018 and 2020 and data obtained from herbarium collections available in on

SUBMITTER: Alves-Araujo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791927 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature