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Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural
Print version ISSN 0123-3068
Abstract
POSADA-H, Juan Mauricio; SIERRA-GIRALDO, Julio Andrés; SANIN, David and COCA, Luis Fernando. ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF MELASTOMATACEAE SPECIES OF A HUMID FOREST AT MARGIN OF THE CAUCA RIVER (CHINCHINÁ, CALDAS, COLOMBIA). Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp.17-26. ISSN 0123-3068. https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2016.20.1.2.
Melastomataceae is highly diverse in Colombia and it plays an important ecological role in itsecosystems. Due to its high diversity and the importance of several species in the remant forest known as Los Bosques de La Esmeralda or Bosques del Embalse de San Francisco ,an inventory, description and taxonomic key of Melastomataceae species present in the zone was carried out. Twelve species are registered, distributed in six genera. The predominant genera were Miconia (6) and Clidemia (3). The predominant habit was shrubby (50%), followed by arboreal and herbaceous (25% each). In total, 83% of the species produce fruits in berry. Most species show a wide distribution, except for Leandra Mexicana, which was registered only in the departments of Antioquia and Magdalena and now in Caldas. This catalog will serve to recognize Melastomataceae species in the area, which is the basis for the design of conservation projects and ecological restoration in Bosques del Embalse San Francisco
Keywords : Species list; Caldas; Colombia; Melastomataceae; humid forest.