Abstract
The Botanical Garden of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (JB-UFJF) comprises significant Atlantic Forest remnant in urban area of Juiz de Fora municipality. Aiming to know its flora, collections were carried biweekly in the 80 hectares of the JB-UFJF from 2011 to 2014. The collection is deposited in the Herbarium CESJ of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. 436 species were found, distributed in 270 genera and 96 families. The richest families were Fabaceae (35 spp.), Melastomataceae (27 spp.), Rubiaceae (27 spp.), Solanaceae (21 spp.) and Asteraceae (21 spp.). The richest genera were Miconia (15 spp.), Piper (12 spp.), Psychotria (9 spp.) and Solanum (8 spp.). Six species found in the area are in some category of threat according to the Red List of the Brazilian Flora. The floristic composition showed to be similar to other surveys in the region both in the general flora and by strata, but also evidenced floristic regionalisms both locally and regionally. The high species richness and other particularities found reveal the importance of the area for conservation, highlighting its position as an ecological corridor in the Zona da Mata, in the context of the Ecological Corridor of Serra da Mantiqueira.
Key words:
flora; phanerogamics; vegetation
