Ferns and Lycophytes in Two Areas of Ecotone between Seasonal Semideciduous Forest and Mixed Ombrophilous Forest in Campo Mourão, Paraná, Brazil
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53540#.VMiA-SzQrzE Author(s) Marcelo Galeazzi Caxambú 1 , Henrique Cesar Lopes Geraldino 2* , Ana Claudia Milani Solvalagem 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Curator of the herbarium (HCF), Federal Technologic University of Paraná (UTFPR), Campo Mourão, Brazil . 2 Master in Environmental Sciences, State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá,Brazil . 3 Environmental Engineer, Federal Technologic University of Paraná (UTFPR), Campo Mourão, Brazil . ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to present the wealth, ecological characteristics and the floristic similarity of ferns and lycophytes from two forest areas of the municipality of Campo Mourão, PR, Brazil. The vegetation of the municipality is characterized mainly by an ecotone between the Seasonal Semideciduous Forest and Mixed Ombrophilous Forest. We recorded 56 species, distributed in 31 genera and 16 families....