%0 Journal Article
%T Richness of ferns and lycophytes in a gallery forest in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
%A Carlos Rodrigo Lehn
%A Elton Luis Monteiro de Assis
%J Biotemas
%D 2013
%I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
%X This paper presents the floristic survey of ferns and lycophytes occurring in a gallery forest in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In the study area, 29 species and 2 varieties were recorded. Dryopteridaceae and Pteridaceae were the richest families (8 and 5 species, respectively) and Elaphoglossum and Blechnum were the richest genera (3 species each one). Preferably, the listed species occur within the forest (68%), they occupy the terrestrial substrate (77.4%), and they are hemicryptophyte (77.4%) and rosulate (64.5%). We observed four species still not mentioned for Mato Grosso do Sul, which are Blechnum lanceola L., Elaphoglossum pachydermum (F¨¦e) T. Moore, Lindsaea lancea (L.) Bedd var lancea, and Mickelia nicotianifolia (Sw.) R. C. Moran et al., which has its southern limit of distribution in Brazil, in the study area.
%K Central-West
%K Cerrado
%K Lycophyta
%K Monilophyta
%K Pteridophytes
%U http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume261/7a15.pdf