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Issue: Vol. 640 No. 1: 7 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.1.3
Page range: 27-38
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 3

The subfamily Cercidoideae (Fabaceae Lindl.) in the Chapada do Araripe, Northeast Brazil

Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturai – PPGDR, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade – PPGBio, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturai – PPGDR, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde
Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturai – PPGDR, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturai – PPGDR, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturai – PPGDR, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Recursos Naturai – PPGDR, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brasil
Caatinga Diversity Leguminosae Conservation units Eudicots

Abstract

The Fabaceae family holds the greatest floral diversity and number of species in Brazil, having high economic, ecological, and medicinal importance, and is currently divided into six subfamilies. This study consisted of a survey and description of species of the Cercidoideae subfamily occurring in the Chapada do Araripe, Northeast Brazil. Nine species belonging to the genera Bauhinia and Schnella were cataloged, and one species (B. forficata) is presented here as a new record in Ceará state. This article provides botanical identification keys, data on phenology, and distribution, and a geographic distribution map aiming to expand knowledge of the regional flora and to support preservation actions in the Chapada do Araripe.

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