Abstract
A study of the vascular flora composition in the river Ilo-Moquegua basin and Lomas of Ilo is presented herein, at elevations that vary between sea level and 4600 meters, based on intensive collections, examination of herbarium specimens and bibliographic research. According to the present study, the vascular flora in the river Ilo-Moquegua basin and Lomas of Ilo was found to consist of 63 families, 233 genera and 394 species. Eighty three percent of the species are Magnoliopsida and 15% belong to the Liliopsida. Families with the largest number of genera and species are Asteraceae (41 genera and 60 species), Poaceae (28 and 44), Solanaceae (11 and 32), Fabaceae (17 and 26), Malvaceae (11 and 21), Brassicaceae (10 and 15), Boraginaceae (9 and 15) and Cactaceae (10 and 14). The dominant biological forms are herbs (69%), followed by shrubs (28%), climbing plants (4%), trees (2%) and parasitic plants (less than 1%). Fifty five species are endemic to Peru, and 10 are restricted to the department of Moquegua. Total of 176 new additions for the department of Moquegua are presented.
| Translated title of the contribution | Floristic composition of river Ilo-Moquegua basin and Lomas of Ilo, Moquegua, Peru |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 5-19 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Revista Peruana de Biologia |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Nuestro reconocimiento por el impor- tante apoyo en las diferentes etapas del desa-rrollo del presente trabajo a Joaquina Albán, Hamilton Beltrán, Elida Carrillo, Emma Cerrate, Magda Chanco, Rosa Choque, Michael Dillon, Ramón Ferreyra, Jaime Filinich, Robin Foster, Karla Gengler, Laura Gilliam, Nancy Hensold, María I. La Torre, Blanca León, Nelly Llerena, Raúl Menaut, Ana Miranda, Carlos Ostolaza, Nancy Refulio, Juan Revilla, José Roque, Flor Salvador, Laura Torres, Oscar Tovar, Adán Umire, Graciela Vilcapoma, Tatzyana Wachter, Maximilian Weigend y Kenneth Young. Un sincero agra-decimiento a los directivos de los herbarios San Marcos del Museo de Historia Natural de Lima (USM) y Museo Field de Chicago (F) por el apoyo en la consulta de herbario y a los miem-bros de la Asociación Contisuyo, Bruce Owen, Antonio Oquiche y Karen Wise, por la contri-bución económica y logística.
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© 2003 Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas UNMSM.