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Title The family Orchidaceae in the Serra do Japi, São Paulo state, Brazil / edited by Emerson Ricardo Pansarin, Ludmila Mickeliunas Pansarin
Published Wien ; London : Springer, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Contents Index of species -- The family Orchidaceae Nomenclature and classification -- List of species of orchids occurring in the Serra do Japi -- The Serra do Japi Objectives and justificative Material and methods -- Taxonomic treatment of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Legends of figures
Summary This study presents a floristic survey of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The region studied is strategically placed in the transitional zone between interior semi-deciduous mesophytic forests and the Atlantic forest, presenting species from both formations and is characterized by semi-deciduous mesophytic forests, altitudinal forests and rocky outcrops. In the Serra do Japi the orchid family is represented by 125 species distributed among 61 genera. The most representative genus is Epidendrum, followed by Oncidium and Habenaria. Most of the species occur as epiphytes, while 40 species are terrestrial, 31 species are rupicolous, two are hemi-epiphytes and only one is myco-heterotrophic. Although the orchid diversity is high, the region has been affected by anthropogenic disturbances, making the preservation and integrated study of the diversity present in the Serra do Japi an urgent necessity, with social, economic and preservationist aspects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Orchids -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- Pictorial works
Orchids -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- Geographical distribution
Orchids -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- Identification
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
Orchids
Orchids -- Geographical distribution
Brazil -- São Paulo (State)
Genre/Form illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Field guides
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Form Electronic book
Author Pansarin, Emerson Ricardo
Pansarin, Ludmila Mickeliunas
ISBN 9783211997550
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