Floristic composition and dispersal syndromes at an urban remnant from the Atlantic forest in Brazilian Northeast - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.7142

Flávia de Barros Prado Moura; Juliana Maria Moreira Duarte; Rosângela Pereira de Lyra Lemos

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.7142

Floristic composition and dispersal syndromes at an urban remnant from the Atlantic forest in Brazilian Northeast - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.7142

Flávia de Barros Prado Moura UFAL
Juliana Maria Moreira Duarte UFS
Rosângela Pereira de Lyra Lemos Herbário MAC-IMA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.7142

Keywords: Atlantic forest, ombrophilous forest, phenology

Abstract

Floristic composition and dispersal syndromes were determined along one year in an open ombrophilous forest fragment in the Municipal Park of Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil. A total of 178 species belonging to 61 families were examined. Fabaceae was the most species-rich family, with 24 species. Among sampled species, 123 had their syndromes of diaspore dispersal determined, and most of them (69%) were zoochoric. Anemochoric and autochoric plants represent 11 and 20% from the total, respectively. The data about reproductive phases indicate coincident peaks of flowering and fruiting in August, at the end of the rainy season. The results are in accordance to those expected for ombrophilous forest with poorly defined seasonality.

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Author Biographies

Flávia de Barros Prado Moura, UFAL

Atualmente é professor das disciplinas Botânica Sistemática e Ecologia Aplicada para o Curso de Graduação em Ciências Biológicas e da disciplina Natureza, Sociedade e Desenvolvimento no PRODEMA (Mestrado) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Tem experiência na área de Ecologia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Áreas Naturais Protegidas, Fragmentação, Dispersão, Conservação e Conhecimento tradicional associado ao uso e manejo de recursos. Currículo Lattes

Juliana Maria Moreira Duarte, UFS

Graduada em Biologia pela Ufal, Aluna do Mestrado em Ecologia de Caatinga da UFS

Rosângela Pereira de Lyra Lemos, Herbário MAC-IMA

Bióloga. Mestre em Botânica. Curadora do herbário MAC

Published

2011-05-05

How to Cite

Moura, F. de B. P., Duarte, J. M. M., & Lemos, R. P. de L. (2011). Floristic composition and dispersal syndromes at an urban remnant from the Atlantic forest in Brazilian Northeast - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.7142. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 33(4), 471-478. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.7142

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Issue

Vol 33 No 4 (2011)

Section

Vegetable Morphology & Physiology

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