Botanical Composition of Fabaceae Family in the Brazilian Northeast, Maranhão, Brazil
Gustavo da Silva Gomes *
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão/UEMA, Caxias/MA, Brazil
Guilherme Sousa Silva
Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia/INPA, Manaus/AM, Brazil
Domingos Lucas dos Santos Silva
Doutorando em Ecologia e Conservação da Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus Nova Xavantina, Brazil
Regiglaucia Rodrigues de Oliveira
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão/UEMA, Caxias/MA, Brazil
Gonçalo Mendes da Conceição
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão/UEMA, Caxias/MA, Brazil
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Fabaceae, one of the most diverse families in the world, recognized for its ecological and economic potential; divided into six subfamilies (Caesalpinioideae, Cercidoideae, Detarioideae, Dialioideae, Duparquetioideae) In Brazil, it is the largest botanical family found in all the ecosystems (Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Cerrado, Pantanal and Pampa). The Present investigation identified 22 species, distributed in 14 genera and four subfamilies. Mimosa was the most representative genus, with five sorts, followed by Bauhinia with three and Aeschynomene with two, as to the habit, and 12 species considered shrubs. The composition shown were the floristic list, that help in understanding of plant species present in ecosystems investigated and filling gaps in the Brazilian´s Northeast biodiversity.
Keywords: Bauhinia, Cerrado, leguminosae