%0 Journal Article %T Composici車n flor赤stica del Bosque Chaqueˋo Serrano de la provincia de C車rdoba, Argentina %A Giorgis %A Melisa A %A Cingolani %A Ana M %A Chiarini %A Franco %A Chiapella %A Jorge %A Barboza %A Gloria %A Ariza Espinar %A Luis %A Morero %A Rita %A Gurvich %A Diego E %A Tecco %A Paula A %A Subils %A Rosa %A Cabido %A Marcelo %J Kurtziana %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the chaco serrano constitutes one of the main phytogeographic units of c車rdoba province; however, available floristic information is limited and restricted. in this contribution we characterize the floristic composition of the chaco serrano between 400 and 1700 m a.s.l. we performed 437 comprehensive floristic samples of vascular plants in homogeneous quadrates of 20 ℅ 20 m. a total of 106 families, 476 genera and 896 vascular plants species were recorded. poaceae (157) and asteraceae (143) are the best represented families while baccharis, eupatorium, euphorbia, gymnocalycium and tillandsia are the genera with the highest number of species. perennial evergreen herbs (221), graminoids (143) and shrubs (124) are the life forms with the highest number of species. we recorded 27 native trees species and 102 (11% of the total recorded species) alien species, 29 of them were woody. approximately half of the species previously reported for the whole c車rdoba province were recorded in this phytogeographic unit. additionally, we provide six new records for c車rdoba. these findings highlight the importance of the chaco serrano phytogeographic unit for the conservation of c車rdoba flora. %K distrito chaqueˋo serrano %K native species %K alien species %K new records %K life forms %K conservation. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-59622011000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en