Abstract

FARNUM CASTRO, Francisco; MURILLO GODOY, Vielka  and  GONZALEZ, Freddy. Floristic study of the forest fragments of the transistmic road (Boyd-Roosevelt) Panama-Colon. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2020, vol.12, n.6, pp. 129-138.  Epub Dec 02, 2020. ISSN 2218-3620.

The inventory of the vascular flora in the area of forest fragments along the Transistmican highway, Boyd - Roosevelt produced the following results: 52 families of vascular plants (43 dicotyledonous and 9 monocotyledonous) with 136 genera, 152 species. The best represented families in terms of species number are: Fabaceae (18), Arecaceae (10), Malvaceae (9), Rubiaceae (8), Annonaceae, Apocynaceae, Bignoniaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Poaceae (6). 19% of the species are herbaceous, 29% are shrubs and 52% trees.

Keywords : Forest patches; database; tropical rain forest; richness; urban forests.

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