Floristic survey of vascular plants of a poorly known area in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Flona do Rio Preto, Espírito Santo).
Anderson G Alves-AraújoMarina M MoreiraRafaela Campostrini ForzzaLúcia G LohmannAdriana Q LobãoAlana F ScheideggerAline D FirminoAline Vieira de Melo SilvaÁlvaro NepomucenoAmélia C TulerAndré Ma AmorimAndré Lc MoreiraBraz Ap CosenzaBrenno G SossaiChristian SilvaClaudia R LopesDaniele MonteiroDayvid R CoutoDuane F LimaEduardo C DalcinEliana RamosElton John de LírioFatima SalimenaFelipe Alves de OliveiraFernanda Rm FragaFilipe Torres-LeiteGuilherme Medeiros AntarGustavo H ShimizuHaroldo C LimaHerison MedeirosJaquelini LuberJheniffer A ChristJoão Monnerat LannaJoão Paulo F ZorzanelliJoelcio FreitasJosé F B PastoreJosé Im MeloJuliana Paula-SouzaJuliana Rpm OliveiraLeandro Cardoso PederneirasLeandro FreitasLeandro Lacerda GiacominLeonardo D MeirelesLuís Alexandre Estevão da SilvaLuiz Js PintoLuiz Menini NetoMarcelo TrovóMário L GarbinMarli P MorimMichel RibeiroNelson Tl PenaPaulo H LabiakPedro H CardosoPedro L VianaPedro L R MoraesQuélita S MoraesRaquel F ZorzanelliRenara N AmaralRenata C AsprinoRenato GoldenbergRicardo MagnagoRicardo S CoutoSandrine C DutraSaúl E Hoyos-GómezTamara Af VieiraThiago B FloresValquíria F DutraVictor Santos MirandaVitor C ManhãesPublished in: Biodiversity data journal (2022)
The published list of vascular plants was based on field expeditions conducted between 2018 and 2020 and data obtained from herbarium collections available in online databases. Overall, 722 species were documented for the "Flona do Rio Preto", 711 of which are native to Brazil and 349 are endemic to the Atlantic Forest. In addition, 60 species are geographically disjunct between the Atlantic and the Amazon Forests. Most of the documented species are woody and more than 50% of these are trees. Twenty-three species are threatened (CR, EN and VU), while five are Data Deficient (DD). Thirty-two species are new records for the State of Espírito Santo. Our results expand the knowledge of the flora of the Atlantic Forest and provide support for the development of new conservation policies for this protected area.