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The family Orchidaceae in the Serra do Japi, São Paulo State, Brazil [electronic resource] / by Emerson Ricardo Pansarin, Ludmila Mickeliunas Pansarin.

By: Pansarin, Emerson Ricardo [author.].
Contributor(s): Pansarin, Ludmila Mickeliunas [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2011Description: XII, 287p. 403 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783211997550.Subject(s): Life sciences | Biodiversity | Botany | Life Sciences | Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography | Biodiversity | Plant SciencesDDC classification: 578.012 | 578.09 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Index of species -- The family Orchidaceae Nomenclature and classification -- List of species of orchids occurring in the Serra do Japi -- The Serra do Japi Objectives and justificative Material and methods -- Taxonomic treatment of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Legends of figures.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This study presents a floristic survey of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The region studied is strategically placed in the transitional zone between interior semi-deciduous mesophytic forests and the Atlantic forest, presenting species from both formations and is characterized by semi-deciduous mesophytic forests, altitudinal forests and rocky outcrops. In the Serra do Japi the orchid family is represented by 125 species distributed among 61 genera. The most representative genus is Epidendrum, followed by Oncidium and Habenaria. Most of the species occur as epiphytes, while 40 species are terrestrial, 31 species are rupicolous, two are hemi-epiphytes and only one is myco-heterotrophic. Although the orchid diversity is high, the region has been affected by anthropogenic disturbances, making the preservation and integrated study of the diversity present in the Serra do Japi an urgent necessity, with social, economic and preservationist aspects.
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Index of species -- The family Orchidaceae Nomenclature and classification -- List of species of orchids occurring in the Serra do Japi -- The Serra do Japi Objectives and justificative Material and methods -- Taxonomic treatment of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Legends of figures.

This study presents a floristic survey of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The region studied is strategically placed in the transitional zone between interior semi-deciduous mesophytic forests and the Atlantic forest, presenting species from both formations and is characterized by semi-deciduous mesophytic forests, altitudinal forests and rocky outcrops. In the Serra do Japi the orchid family is represented by 125 species distributed among 61 genera. The most representative genus is Epidendrum, followed by Oncidium and Habenaria. Most of the species occur as epiphytes, while 40 species are terrestrial, 31 species are rupicolous, two are hemi-epiphytes and only one is myco-heterotrophic. Although the orchid diversity is high, the region has been affected by anthropogenic disturbances, making the preservation and integrated study of the diversity present in the Serra do Japi an urgent necessity, with social, economic and preservationist aspects.

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