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Woody vegetation associated with rocky outcrops in Southern Amazonia: a starting point to unveil a unique flora

Vegetação lenhosa associada a afloramentos rochosos na Amazônia Meridional: um marco inicial que revela uma flora única

Abstract:

Vegetation associated with rocky outcrops is responsible for increasing floristic and landscape diversity, since its flora can be different from the adjacent landscape. Our objective was to characterize the woody vegetation associated with the rocky outcrop of the RPPN Mirante da Serra, Cristalino region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. In a Deciduous Seasonal Forest associated with granite outcrops, we demarcated a plot of 1ha. We performed collections on this plot, installed for conducting monitoring studies, and also random collections on trails near the plot to better represent the outcrop flora. We totaled 126 species, 95 genera and 39 families. Overall, 18 species were increased to the Flora of Cristalino - with seven new records to the flora of Mato Grosso and four new records to the Amazon Domain. We found two threatened and 17 Brazilian endemic species. The rocky outcrop present in the RPPN Mirante da Serra is an important conservation area for a continuous execution of floristic studies in a manner to enable a monitoring program of the area, considering the new occurrence records and also because it contains threatened species.

Keywords:
Conservation; Cristalino; Deciduous Seasonal Forest; Floristics

Resumo:

A vegetação que se associa a afloramentos rochosos é responsável por incrementar a diversidade florística e de paisagens, uma vez que a flora pode ser distinta da paisagem circundante. Nosso objetivo foi caracterizar a vegetação lenhosa sobre o afloramento rochoso da RPPN Mirante da Serra, região do Cristalino, estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Em uma Floresta Estacional Decidual associada a afloramento granítico, demarcamos uma parcela de 1 ha. Realizamos coletas nesse plot, instalado para a realização de estudos de monitoramento e, ainda, coletas aleatórias em trilhas próximas da parcela para melhor representar a flora do afloramento. A amostragem resultou em um total de 126 espécies, 95 gêneros e 39 famílias. Ao todo, 18 espécies foram incrementadas à Flora do Cristalino, das quais sete são novos registros à flora do estado de Mato Grosso e quatro ao Domínio da Amazônia. Encontramos duas espécies ameaçadas e 17 endêmicas do Brasil. O afloramento rochoso presente na RPPN Mirante da Serra é uma importante área de conservação para uma contínua realização de estudos florísticos de modo a possibilitar um programa de monitoramento da área, considerando os novos registros de ocorrência e, também, por conter espécies ameaçadas.

Palavras-chave:
Conservação; Cristalino; Floresta Estacional Decidual; Florística

Introduction

Rocky environments are characterized by temperature fluctuations, desiccant winds, water scarcity and high evaporation rates (Porembski & Barthlott 2000POREMBSKI, S. & BARTHLOTT, W. (eds.) 2000. Inselbergs: biotic diversity of isolated rocky outcrops in tropical and temperate regions. Ecological Studies, Springer-Verlag, Berlin , v.146., Oliveira & Godoy 2007OLIVEIRA, R.B. & GODOY, S.A.P. 2007. Composição florística dos afloramentos rochosos do Morro do Forno, São Paulo. Biota Neotrop., 7 (2): 37-48.), as they can occur in places exposed to the sun, winds and frosts, as well as in permanently dark and humid places (Fernandes & Baptista 1988FERNANDES, I. & BAPTISTA, L.R.M. 1988. Levantamento da flora vascular rupestre do Morro Sapucaia e Morro de Cabrito, Rio Grande do Sul. Acta Bot. Bras. 1 (2): 95-102. , Porembski 2007POREMBSKI, S. 2007. Tropical inselbergs: habitat types, adaptives strategies and diversity strategies. Revista Brasil. Bot. 30 (4): 579-586.). These attributes allow environments to condition the spatial distribution of plants, forming suitable microhabitats so that they germinate and settle. It means that species do not occur randomly because rocky microhabitats affect species distribution due to the influence of soil depth, with greater sediment accumulation in flattened areas and shallower or absent soils in more rugged locations (Jumpponem et al. 1999JUMPPONEM, A.; VÄRE, H.; MATTSON, K.G.; OHTONEN, R. & TRAPPE, J.M. 1999. Characterization of ‘safe sites’ for pioneers in primary succession on recently deglaciated terrain. J. Ecol. 87 (1): 98-105., Conceição & Pirani 2005CONCEIÇÃO, A.A. & PIRANI, J.R. 2005. Delimitação de habitats em campos rupestres na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia: substratos, composição florística e aspectos estruturais. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo, 23 (1): 85-111.). In fact, the vegetation of environments like this differs markedly from that of the surroundings (Porembski et al. 1997POREMBSKI, S.; SEINE, R. & BARTHLOTT, W. 1997. Inselberg vegetation and biodiversity of granite outcrops. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 80 (3): 193-199., Barthlott & Porembski 2000BARTHLOTT, W. & POREMBSKI, S. 2000. Vascular Plants on Inselbergs: Systematic Overview. In: Inselbergs: biotic diversity of isolated rocky outcrops in tropical and temperate regions. Volume 146 (S. POREMBSKI & W. BARTHLOTT, eds.). Ecological Studies, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Cap. 7, 103-115.).

The absence of large accumulations of soil and the little storage of rainwater that is lost quickly with runoff is exacerbated, especially in places with a steep slope. Rocky environments often make it possible to observe displacement of individual plants and entire clumps, which are susceptible to detaching from the rocky substrate when saturated with water during heavy rains (Porembski 2007POREMBSKI, S. 2007. Tropical inselbergs: habitat types, adaptives strategies and diversity strategies. Revista Brasil. Bot. 30 (4): 579-586.). In contrast, other rocky environments may have sites with higher sediment and nutrient accumulation, which are more conducive to the occurrence and densification of tree-shrub strata, in contrast to the steeper areas with smaller soil layer or larger portion of exposed rock, favoring smaller plant species or promoting most sparse distribution among species (Conceição & Pirani 2005CONCEIÇÃO, A.A. & PIRANI, J.R. 2005. Delimitação de habitats em campos rupestres na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia: substratos, composição florística e aspectos estruturais. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo, 23 (1): 85-111.). Rocky outcrops also interfere with water flow, with rapid loss of runoff water on steep slopes and water retention in flat and semi-concave areas (Benites et al. 2003BENITES, V.M.; CAIAFA, A.N.; MENDONÇA, E.S.; SCHAEFER, C.E. & KER, J.C. 2003. Solos e vegetação nos complexos rupestres de altitude da Mantiqueira e do Espinhaço. Floresta e Ambiente, 10 (1): 76-85.). Other factors such as evolution, potential solar radiation, substrate type, area and age of outcrop, anthropogenic factors and microclimate also influence the distribution of vegetation in rocky outcrops, promoting specialization of organisms occurring in these habitats, contributing to the formation of vegetative mosaics and also protecting species from environmental changes (Wiser 1998WISER, S.K. 1998. Comparison of Southern Appalachian high elevation outcrop plant communities with their Northern Appalachian counterparts. J. Biogeogr. 25 (3): 501-513., Moura et al. 2011MOURA, I.O.; RIBEIRO, K.T. & TAKAHASI, A. 2011. Amostragem da Vegetação em Ambientes Rochosos. In: Fitossociologia no Brasil: Métodos e estudos de caso. Volume 1 (J.M. FELFILI; P.V. EISENLOHR; M.M.R.F. MELO; L.A. ANDRADE & J.A.A. MEIRA NETO, orgs.). Viçosa, MG: Ed. UFV, Cap. 9, 255-294., Silveira et al. 2015SILVEIRA, F.A.O. et al. 2015. Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority. Plant Soil, 403: 129-152. ), making these environments a priority for conservation.

Thus, studies with vegetation associated with rocky outcrops seek to associate plant species mainly with topography, substrate, water availability and climate severity. These factors provide several possible microhabitats for plant establishment, elucidating the role of environmental filters in the structuring of outcrop communities (Silva 2016SILVA, J.B. 2016. Panorama sobre a vegetação em afloramentos rochosos no Brasil. Oecologia Australis, 20 (4): 451-463.). In addition, rocky outcrops can provide possible places of refuge during climate change, thus contributing to maintaining the high species diversity of tropical regions (Colinvaux et al. 2000COLINVAUX, P.A.; DE OLIVEIRA, P.E. & BUSH, M.B. 2000. Amazonian and neotropical plant communities on glacial time-scales: The failure of the aridity and refuge hypotheses. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 19: 141-169., Speziale & Ezcurra 2014SPEZIALE, K.L. & EZCURRA, C. 2014. Rock outcrops as potential biodiversity refugia under climate change in North Patagonia. Plant Ecol. Divers. 8 (3): 353-361.). In fact, the diversity of occurrence sites and the factors that influence species distribution are the main premises that have aroused a growing interest in the investigation of vegetation on rocky environments in Brazil (Moura et al. 2011MOURA, I.O.; RIBEIRO, K.T. & TAKAHASI, A. 2011. Amostragem da Vegetação em Ambientes Rochosos. In: Fitossociologia no Brasil: Métodos e estudos de caso. Volume 1 (J.M. FELFILI; P.V. EISENLOHR; M.M.R.F. MELO; L.A. ANDRADE & J.A.A. MEIRA NETO, orgs.). Viçosa, MG: Ed. UFV, Cap. 9, 255-294.). Rocky environments are present in all phytogeographic domains of Brazil, as well as the transition bands between these domains, thereby providing geologic, geomorphologic, climatic and phytophysiognomic diversity (IBGE 2001IBGE - INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA. 2001. Mapa de solos do Brasil. Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão, 1 mapa. Escala 1: 5.000.000., Ab’Sáber 2003AB’SÁBER, A.N. 2003. Os domínios de natureza no Brasil: potencialidades paisagísticas. Ateliê editorial, São Paulo.).

Vegetation-related investigations of Brazilian rocky outcrops have been conducted mainly in Central Brazil, Southeast region and Chapada Diamantina (Bahia), addressing the smaller vegetation of the grassland and savannah formations on granites, quartzites, sandstones and cangas (e.g., Scarano 2002SCARANO, F.R. 2002. Structure, function and floristic relationships of plant communities in stressful habitats marginal to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Ann. Bot., 90 (4): 517-524., Caiafa & Silva 2005CAIAFA, A.N. & SILVA, A.F. 2005. Composição florística e espectro biológico de um campo de altitude no Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, Minas Gerais - Brasil. Rodriguésia, 56 (87): 163-173., Conceição & Pirani 2005CONCEIÇÃO, A.A. & PIRANI, J.R. 2005. Delimitação de habitats em campos rupestres na Chapada Diamantina, Bahia: substratos, composição florística e aspectos estruturais. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo, 23 (1): 85-111., Oliveira & Godoy 2007OLIVEIRA, R.B. & GODOY, S.A.P. 2007. Composição florística dos afloramentos rochosos do Morro do Forno, São Paulo. Biota Neotrop., 7 (2): 37-48., Viana & Lombardi 2007VIANA, P.L. & LOMBARDI, J.A. 2007. Florística e caracterização dos campos rupestres sobre canga na Serra da Calçada, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia, 58 (1): 159-177., Messias et al. 2012MESSIAS, M.C.T.B.; LEITE, M.G.P.; MEIRA-NETO, J.A.A. & KOZOVITS, A.R. 2012. Fitossociologia de campos rupestres quartzíticos e ferruginosos no quadrilátero ferrífero, Minas Gerais. Acta Bot. Bras. 26 (1): 230-242., Viana et al. 2016VIANA, P.L. et al. 2016. Flora das cangas da Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil: história, área de estudos e metodologia. Rodriguésia, 67 (5, especial): 1107-1124.). However, there is a demand for studies aimed at understanding the Amazon forest formations that occur on these outcrops, such as dry forests or seasonal forests (Scarano 2007______. 2007. Rock outcrop vegetation in Brazil: a brief overview. Rev. Bras. Bot., 30 (4): 561-568., Melo et al. 2014MELO, J.A.M.; SOARES-LOPES, C.R.A.; RODRIGUES, L.; PEDROGA, J.A. & FERNANDES, J.M. 2014. Estrutura e composição florística de uma floresta tropical caducifólia sobre afloramento rochoso, Amazônia Meridional, Mato Grosso. Enciclopédia Biosfera, 10 (18): 1602-1618.).

In the state of Pará, the so-called Amazon rocky grassland (in portuguese - pt, ‘campo rupestre da Amazônia’), a low vegetation with few trees on canga in Serra dos Carajás, was investigated (Silva et al. 1996SILVA, M.F.F.; SECCO, R.S. & LOBO, M.G.A. 1996. Aspectos ecológicos da vegetação rupestre da Serra dos Carajás, Estado do Pará, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 26 (1 2): 17-44.). The terrain relief associated with the impermeability of the canga retains water in the soil, directly influencing the vegetation physiognomy and its floristic composition (Silva et al. 1996SILVA, M.F.F.; SECCO, R.S. & LOBO, M.G.A. 1996. Aspectos ecológicos da vegetação rupestre da Serra dos Carajás, Estado do Pará, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 26 (1 2): 17-44.). In eastern Mato Grosso State, the rocky cerrado (in pt, ‘cerrado rupestre’) with quartzite predominance has high basal area and species diversity and structural stability of the woody community due to the fact that this phytophysiognomy is present in a transition region between Cerrado and Amazon, and because of the good preservation status of the conservation unit in which the area is located (Maracahipes et al. 2011MARACAHIPES, L.; LENZA, E.; MARIMON, B.S.; OLIVEIRA, E.A.; PINTO, J.R.R. & MARIMON JUNIOR, B.H. 2011. Estrutura e composição florística da vegetação lenhosa em cerrado rupestre na transição Cerrado- Floresta Amazônica, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 11 (1): 133-141. ). Also in Mato Grosso state, two savannas on sandstone rocks were compared with low nutrient concentration, showing low floristic similarity. The first savanna was called “Transitional Rocky Cerrado” (in pt, ‘cerrado rupestre de transição’) because it occurs in a transition area between Cerrado and Amazon, with great influence of the Cerrado flora of Central Brazil, while the second was called “Rocky Savannah Amazon” (in pt, ‘savana amazônica rochosa’) because its floristic composition is influenced by Amazon vegetation types, which occur surrounding this vegetation type (Pessoa 2014PESSOA, M.J.G. 2014. Composição florística e estrutura da vegetação lenhosa de savanas sobre afloramentos rochosos na transição Cerrado Amazônia, MT. 2014. 58 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Biodiversidade e Agroecossistemas Amazônicos), Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Agrárias, Alta Floresta.).

In northern Mato Grosso state, previous diagnosis of rocky outcrops in areas of the Cristalino and Xingu State Parks were performed (Sasaki et al. 2010SASAKI, D.; ZAPPI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; HENICKA, G.S. & PIVA, J.H. 2010. Vegetação e Plantas do Cristalino: um manual. Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW / Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, Alta Floresta., Zappi et al. 2011ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38., 2016ZAPPI, D.C.; MILLIKEN, W.; SOARES-LOPES, C.R.A.; LUCAS, E.; PIVA, J.H.; FRISBY, S.; BIGGS, N. & FORZZA, R.C. 2016. Xingu State Park vascular plant survey: filling the gaps. Braz. J. Bot. 39 (2): 751-778.). These studies emphasized the need to intensify the vegetation sampling and the floristic composition determination on the rocky outcrops that occur in Mato Grosso. Such environments occur in small portions in a fragmented way; the preliminary results, in the case of Cristalino region, are surveys performed mainly on trails for ecotourism. In this sense, our objective was to characterize the woody vegetation of a rocky outcrop of the ‘RPPN Mirante da Serra’, located in the Cristalino region, Southern Amazon, and to verify its conservation relevance. In order to achieve this goal, we elaborated the following questions: 1) What are the floristic characteristics of the rocky outcrop in the RPPN Mirante da Serra? 2) Are there endemic and threatened species in this area?

Material and Methods

Study Area

We conducted this study in an area of Deciduous Seasonal Forest associated with granitic rocky outcrop in the RPPN Mirante da Serra, Cristalino region (Figure 1), located in the Novo Mundo municipality, near the Alta Floresta border, in the northernmost region of the state of Mato Grosso (09°35’12 ”S, 55°54’59” W; elevation ~248-351 m). The Cristalino region is a term locally used to refer to the Mato Grosso part of the Cristalino River Basin, which flows into the Teles Pires River (Zappi et al. 2011ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38.). The areas constituting the region are the Cristalino State Park (PEC) and the four Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPNs according to the Brazilian Legislation) managed by the Cristalino Ecological Foundation (FEC), called Cristalino, Gavião Real, Castanheira and Mirante da Serra.

Figure 1
Location of the RPPN Mirante da Serra (study area) in the Cristalino Region, Southern Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

In the study region, the climate is warm, seasonally dry (three to five months per year), with annual average temperatures above 26ºC and mean annual rainfall between 2,400 mm and 2,800 mm (Alvares et al. 2013ALVARES, C.A.; STAPE, J.L.; SENTELHAS, P.C.; GONÇALVES, J.L.M. & SPAROVER, G. 2013. Köppen’s climate classification map for Brazil. Meteorol. Z. 22 (6): 711-728., Oliveira-Filho 2017OLIVEIRA-FILHO, A.T. 2017. NeoTropTree, Flora arbórea da Região Neotropical: Um banco de dados envolvendo biogeografia, diversidade e conservação. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Available at: http://www.neotroptree.info. Access on: 07 Aug.2019
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). During this study (July 2016 - July 2017), the total annual rainfall was 2,080.27 mm, with the rainy period from September to April and the dry period - months with precipitation <100 mm - from May to August. February was the month with the highest precipitation (350.28 mm), August with the lowest (22.1 mm) and the months of June and July showed no precipitation. The average annual temperature during the study was 26.52 ºC, with the highest temperatures in April (minimum mean = 22.35 ºC) and August (maximum mean = 36.08 ºC). These data were obtained from station A-924, municipality of Alta Floresta-MT, at 61.5 km from the study area, approximately. In the rocky outcrop studied, the temperatures in the drought period can reach 43 ºC (E. Gressler, personal observation).

The relief forms of the region are structurally complex, varying from flat to mountainous, being characterized in four geomorphological units: I. Cachimbo Plateau; II. Northern Depression of Mato Grosso; III. Interplanaltic depression of the Juruena/Teles Pires; and IV. Rivers - Residential Plateaus of the Southern Amazon (IBGE 2006______. 2006. Mapa de unidades de relevo do Brasil. 2 ed. Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão, 1 mapa. Escala 1: 5.000.000.). The sampled area is situated in this last geomorphological unit. Considering the entire Cristalino region, soils are generally acidic, medium to low fertility, sandy and susceptible to erosion; low nutrient and water availability quartzarenic neosols predominate, with dystrophic red-yellow argisols, alic red-yellow argisols, dystrophic lithic neosols and dystrophic dark red oxissols (Mato Grosso 2001MATO GROSSO. 2001. Mapa Geológico do Estado de Mato Grosso. PRODEAGRO. Ministério da Integração Nacional, Mapa A001. Escala 1: 1.500.000. Available at: <http://www.dados.mt.gov.br/publicacoes/dsee/geologia/rt/DSEE GL RT 004 A001.pdf> Access on: 11 mai. 2016.
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). The studied outcrop presents a litholic neossol formed mainly by granite.

The vegetation of the Cristalino region has areas of ecological tension, characterized by contacts between rainforest and seasonal forest; seasonal forest and savanna (Figure 2); and rainforest and savanna. Sasaki et al. (2010)SASAKI, D.; ZAPPI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; HENICKA, G.S. & PIVA, J.H. 2010. Vegetação e Plantas do Cristalino: um manual. Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW / Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, Alta Floresta. and Zappi et al. (2011)ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38. described eight phytophysiognomies for the region. The vegetation associated with the rocky outcrop studied here was described by Sasaki et al. (2010)SASAKI, D.; ZAPPI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; HENICKA, G.S. & PIVA, J.H. 2010. Vegetação e Plantas do Cristalino: um manual. Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW / Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, Alta Floresta. and Zappi et al. (2011)ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38. as a Dry Forest, found on the higher slopes or occasionally on the tops of the mountains, presenting most of the trees fully or almost totally leafless during the dry season. The canopy is relatively open (20 - 25 m high) with emerging trees up to 30 m high and the understory ranging from dense to open.

Figure 2
Aspects of the Deciduous Seasonal Forest associated with rocky outcrop in the RPPN Mirante da Serra, Cristalino Region, Southern Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil. A: Study area in the rainy season. B: Study area in the dry season. C: Saxicolous Tree. D: Rocky outcrop Tree. E: Arboreal individuals in shallow soil.

Data collection

Based on the RAINFOR network methodology described by Phillips et al. (2016)PHILLIPS, O.; BAKER, T.; FELDPAUSCH, T. & BRIENEN, R. 2016. RAINFOR: field manual for plot establishment and remeasurement. The Royal Society, Leeds, UK., we allocated a permanent plot of 1-ha area, installed for conducting monitoring studies. The plot was located at 335 m altitude and marked by iron rebar (5 mm in diameter and 1 m in length) fixed to the ground. During the period from July 2016 to July 2017 we collected the individuals in reproductive stage found in the plot, in the access paths and in the 10 m surrounding the plot. We provided the habits of each species based on basic books of plant morphology (e.g., Gonçalves & Lorenzi 2011GONÇALVES, E.G. & LORENZI, H. 2011. Morfologia Vegetal: organografia e dicionário ilustrado de morfologia das plantas vasculares. 2 ed. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora, São Paulo.); in particular, we considered as trees the freestanding individuals >3m height (Oliveira-Filho 2017OLIVEIRA-FILHO, A.T. 2017. NeoTropTree, Flora arbórea da Região Neotropical: Um banco de dados envolvendo biogeografia, diversidade e conservação. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Available at: http://www.neotroptree.info. Access on: 07 Aug.2019
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). We used IBGE (2012)______. 2012. Manual técnico da vegetação brasileira. 2 ed. IBGE, Rio de Janeiro. as the phytogeographic classification system to assign each species to its respective vegetation type, a step in which we were also supported by Sasaki et al. (2010)SASAKI, D.; ZAPPI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; HENICKA, G.S. & PIVA, J.H. 2010. Vegetação e Plantas do Cristalino: um manual. Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW / Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, Alta Floresta. and Zappi et al. (2011)ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38.. To compose the botanical collection, we followed the procedures recommended by Fidalgo & Bononi (1989)FIDALGO, O. & BONONI, V.L.R. 1989. Técnicas de coleta, preservação e herborização de material botânico. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo. and IBGE (2012)______. 2012. Manual técnico da vegetação brasileira. 2 ed. IBGE, Rio de Janeiro.. The collected materials were incorporated into the collection of the Southern Amazon Herbarium - HERBAM, Mato Grosso State University, Alta Floresta - MT.

Species were identified through partnerships with botanists experienced in the regional flora, as well as the use of dichotomous keys in review works (Goldenberg et al. 2012GOLDENBERG, R.; BAUMGRATZ, J.F.A. & SOUZA, M.L.D.R. 2012. Taxonomia de Melastomataceae no Brasil: retrospectiva, perspectivas e chave de identificação para os gêneros. Rodriguésia, 63 (1): 145-161., Oliveira et al. 2012OLIVEIRA, M.I.U; FUNCH, L.S. & LANDRUM, L.R. 2012. Flora da Bahia: Campomanesia (Myrtaceae). Sitientibus série Ciências Biológicas, 12 (1): 91-107. , Zappi et al. 2017ZAPPI, D.C.; MIGUEL, L.M.; SOBRADO, S.V. & SALAS, R.M. 2017. Flora das cangas Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil: Rubiaceae. Rodriguésia, 68 (3, especial): 1091-1137.), comparison with materials deposited in the HERBAM collection and online herbarium databases that provide expertly reviewed exsiccate images (e.g., Reflora, SpeciesLink, Tropicos, Kew Herbarium Collection, New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Virtual Herbarium, and Field Museum). We also consulted specialists in some more complex groups, such as the Myrtaceae families (Marcos Sobral, Carolyn Proença and Marla Ibrahim), Malvaceae (Sue Frisby), Rubiaceae (Daniella Zappi), Fabaceae (José M. Fernandes) and Melastomataceae (Fernandes Guimarães and Renato Goldenberg). In order to obtain greater confidence and success in identifying infertile individuals that were measured in the plot, we collected an individual sample for comparison with the HERBAM scientific collection, whose collection consists mainly of samples from the regional flora, including those from the Cristalino State Park.

The species list was structured from the compilation of our random collections, the composition of the 1-ha plot, the species occurring within 10 m around the 1-ha area and the materials deposited in HERBAM from previous surveys carried out during the ‘Flora Cristalino Program’. We validated the accepted and correct spelling of the scientific names and their authors based on Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção (2019)FLORA DO BRASIL 2020 EM CONSTRUÇÃO. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at: <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/>. Access on: 24 jul. 2019.
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; APG IV (2016)APG IV. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 181 (1): 1-20. was consulted for the genealogical classification of botanical groups. We also obtained information regarding conservation status and endemism of each species from the Red List of ‘Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora’ (CNCFlora; http://www.cncflora.jbrj.gov.br) to provide a quantitative relevance of the Cristalino region for biodiversity conservation.

Results and Discussion

From the compilation of the data in our study and the materials deposited in HERBAM, we listed 126 woody species, 95 genera and 39 families for the vegetation associated with the RPPN Mirante da Serra rocky outcrop. Considering these species, eight were identified to the genera level due to the complexity of the groups and the absence of fertile material (Table 1). The families with the largest number of species were Fabaceae (20), Malvaceae (13), Apocynaceae and Rubiaceae (eight species each), and Bignoniaceae and Myrtaceae (seven each).

Table 1
Woody species of Deciduous Seasonal Forest associated with rocky outcrop in the RPPN Mirante da Serra, Cristalino region, Southern Amazon. Threatened categories according to CNC Flora (DD: Deficient Data; LC: Least Concern; NE: Not Evaluated; VU: Vulnerable). *Taxa added to the Cristalino flora as result of our sampling survey.

The largest representativeness of Fabaceae is expected because it is one of the most diverse families in inventories from Brazil and the Amazon (BFG 2015BFG - The Brazil Flora Group. 2015. Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil. Rodriguésia, 66 (4): 1085-1113. ). Furthermore, in several studies conducted in the Cerrado (e.g., Campos et al. 2006CAMPOS, E.P.; DUARTE, T.G.; NERI, A.V.; SILVA, A.F.; MEIRA-NETO, J.A.A. & VALENTE, G.E. 2006. Composição florística de um trecho de cerradão e cerrado sensu stricto e sua relação com o solo na Floresta Nacional (FLONA) de Paraopeba, MG, Brasil. Rev. Árvore, 30 (3): 471-479.; Walter & Guarino 2006WALTER, B.M.T. & GUARINO, E.S.G. 2006. Comparação do método de parcelas com o “levantamento rápido” para amostragem da vegetação arbórea do Cerrado sentido restrito. Acta Bot. Bras. 20 (2): 285-297.; Ferreira-Júnior et al. 2008FERREIRA-JÚNIOR, E.V.; SOARES, T.S.; COSTA, M.F.F. & SILVA, V.S.M. 2008. Composição, diversidade e similaridade florística de uma floresta tropical semidecídua submontana em Marcelândia - MT. Acta Amaz. 38 (4): 673-680.) and in the Cerrado-Amazon transition (e.g., Ivanauskas et al. 2004IVANAUSKAS, N.M.; MONTEIRO, R. & RODRIGUES, R.R. 2004. Estrutura de um trecho de floresta amazônica na Bacia do Alto Rio Xingu. Acta Amazon. 34 (2): 275-299. ; Haidar et al. 2013HAIDAR, R.F; FELFILI FAGG, J.M.; PINTO, J.R.R.; DIAS, R.R.; DAMASCENO, G.; SILVA, L.C.R. & FAGG, C.W. 2013. Florestas estacionais e áreas de ecótono no estado do Tocantins, Brasil: parâmetros estruturais, classificação das fitofisionomias florestais e subsídios para conservação. Acta Amaz. 43 (3): 261-290.), Fabaceae is also highlighted as one of the richest in species, denoting the high establishment capacity of this family in the most varied types of environments. A study evaluating the soils of the area studied here will possibly confirm the idea that nitrogen fixation capacity is a good strategy for legume maintenance in areas whose soil has low fertility conditions, such as slopes and tops of hills. However, not all legume species have this capability. When we consider the classic classification of Fabaceae into three subfamilies, species of the Papilionoideae subfamily have higher nodulation potential, whereas in Mimosoideae species nitrogen fixation is common and Caesalpinioideae is more uncommon (Colleta 2010COLLETA, L.D. 2010. Estudo da fixação biológica de nitrogênio em leguminosas (família Fabaceae) arbóreas tropicais através do enriquecimento isotópico do 15N. 2010. 99f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências). Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba.; Macedo 2010MACEDO, F.L. 2010. Estimativa da fixação de N2 através da composição da seiva do xilema e técnicas de diluição de 15N em Anadenanthera falcata (Benth) Speg. (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae). 2010. 57p. Dissertação (Mestrado em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente) - Instituto de Botânica da Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente, São Paulo.). Among the 20 species of Fabaceae recorded in the investigated area, 10 belong to the Papilionoideae subfamily. Therefore, at least 50% of Fabaceae can be potential nitrogen-fixing potentials whether we consider the classic classification as well as the new classification (LPWG 2017LPWG - The Legume Phylogeny Working Group. 2017. A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny. Taxon, 66 (1): 44-77.) that divides legumes into six subfamilies. On the other hand, the scarcity of studies conducted on deciduous forests associated with rocky outcrops hampers comparisons with more similar areas. Indeed, there is a poverty of data from rocky outcrops in Brazilian Amazon as a whole (Silva 2016SILVA, J.B. 2016. Panorama sobre a vegetação em afloramentos rochosos no Brasil. Oecologia Australis, 20 (4): 451-463.). One of the few studies in this regard, which was not conducted in Amazon or Cerrado-Amazon transition, but in the core area of Cerrado, found the same pattern of high floristic relevance of Fabaceae (Felfili et al. 2007FELFILI, J.M.; NASCIMENTO, A.R.T.; FAGG. C.W. & MEIRELLES, E.M. 2007. Floristic composition and community structure of a seasonally deciduous forest on limestone outcrops in Central Brazil. Revista Brasil. Bot. 30 (4): 611-621.). In other locations in South America (e.g. the inselbergs of the Guyanes and of Venezuela), in a rank of 10 families, respectively, the most representative were Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Bromeliaceae, Rubiaceae, Melastomataceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae, Apocynaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Myrtaceae (Barthlott & Porembski 2000BARTHLOTT, W. & POREMBSKI, S. 2000. Vascular Plants on Inselbergs: Systematic Overview. In: Inselbergs: biotic diversity of isolated rocky outcrops in tropical and temperate regions. Volume 146 (S. POREMBSKI & W. BARTHLOTT, eds.). Ecological Studies, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Cap. 7, 103-115.). However, this comparison is generalized, because the authors do not define whether such ranking refers to savannas or deciduous forests associated with rocky environments. However, Fabaceae is the seventh family in this rank and the first three families are monocotyledons, represented essentially by herbaceous plants, a group that was not addressed in our study.

The genera with the greatest species richness in the studied area were Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae), with five species, and Aspidosperma Mart. & Zucc. (Apocynaceae) and Ficus L. (Moraceae), with four species each. These three genera are among the most important of their respective families, with wide distribution and high diversity in the Neotropical region, being Ficus and Eugenia pantropical ones (TROPICOS 2017TROPICOS. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Available at: <http://www.tropicos.org>. Access on: 24 jul. 2017.
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). In Brazil, 387 species of Eugenia have been reported, of which 302 are endemic (BFG, 2015BFG - The Brazil Flora Group. 2015. Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil. Rodriguésia, 66 (4): 1085-1113. ). However, as taxonomic treatments are finalized, there is a growing tendency for information to be updated by the Flora do Brasil 2020 project. Currently, 386 species (299 endemic) are reported for Eugenia, with the highest concentration found in the Atlantic Forest (257) and the Amazon (92) (Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção, 2019FLORA DO BRASIL 2020 EM CONSTRUÇÃO. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at: <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/>. Access on: 24 jul. 2019.
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). For Aspidosperma, there are 67 species (31 endemic), while 85 (23 endemic) are reported for the Ficus genus, both with higher concentrations in the Amazon (37 and 55 species, respectively) (Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção 2019FLORA DO BRASIL 2020 EM CONSTRUÇÃO. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at: <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/>. Access on: 24 jul. 2019.
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). Aspidosperma (Salis et al. 2004SALIS, S.M.; SILVA, M.P.; MATTOS, P.P; SILVA, J.S.V.; POTT, V.J. & POTT, A. 2004. Fitossociologia de remanescentes de floresta estacional decidual em Corumbá, Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Rev. Bras. Bot., 27 (4): 671-684. ) and Eugenia (Ivanauskas et al. 1999IVANAUSKAS, N.M., RODRIGUES, R.R. & NAVE, A.G. 1999. Fitossociologia de um trecho de floresta estacional semidecidual em Itatinga, São Paulo, Brasil. Scient. Forest., 56: 83-99. ) are also among the species-richest ones.

From this study we added 18 taxa (1.3%) to Flora do Cristalino, which now totals 1,383 species (Zappi et al. 2011ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38.). Our sampling was concentrated in a Deciduous Seasonal Forest, a forest formation that corresponds to less than 5% of the total area of Cristalino. This was one of the least sampled phytophysiognomies (80 species) from the inventories of the Cristalino Flora Program (Sasaki et al. 2010SASAKI, D.; ZAPPI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; HENICKA, G.S. & PIVA, J.H. 2010. Vegetação e Plantas do Cristalino: um manual. Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW / Fundação Ecológica Cristalino, Alta Floresta., Zappi et al. 2011ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38.). Among the 18 species added to Flora do Cristalino, seven are trees, four are shrubs, five are lianas and two species were recorded with life-form variation, namely, Bauhinia cf. brevipes registered as tree and shrub, and Galactia striata, registered as shrub and subwoody vine. Croton hadrianii and Pseudobombax tomentosum had their identifications complemented from the collections made during our study. These two species were collected from previous inventories, but were deposited in HERBAM at a generic level. Other species that we highlight in the present survey are Campomanesia grandiflora and Eugenia dysenterica, both belonging to the family Myrtaceae. The species C. grandiflora comprises a new registry for the State of Mato Grosso, whose distribution in Brazil was restricted to the states of the Northern Region, Bahia and Maranhão (Sobral et al. 2015SOBRAL, M.; PROENÇA, C.; SOUZA, M.; MAZINE, F. & LUCAS, E. 2015. Myrtaceae. In Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at:http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/jabot/floradobrasil/FB23996. Access on: 28 jul. 2017.
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). Eugenia dysenterica is a new record for the Amazon, whose distribution is confirmed in the most varied savannah and forest formations in Brazil and Bolivia, but in Brazil its occurrence is only cited for the Cerrado, Caatinga and Atlantic Forest Domains (Sobral et al. 2015SOBRAL, M.; PROENÇA, C.; SOUZA, M.; MAZINE, F. & LUCAS, E. 2015. Myrtaceae. In Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at:http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/jabot/floradobrasil/FB23996. Access on: 28 jul. 2017.
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). These plant species found in a specific locality surrounded by various sections of another ecosystem are called “relictual” (Ab’Sáber 2003AB’SÁBER, A.N. 2003. Os domínios de natureza no Brasil: potencialidades paisagísticas. Ateliê editorial, São Paulo.).

In this study we compiled 65 tree species (including four hemiepiphytes: Clusia weddelliana (Clusiaceae), Ficus obtusifolia, Ficus cf. schumacheri and Ficus sp. (Moraceae)), 18 shrubs (including the hemiepiphyte Clusia panapanari), 29 lianas (including the subwoody vines) and two palm species. In addition, four species were recorded as shrubs and lianas: Marsdenia cf. macrophylla (Apocynaceae), Manihot tristis (Euphorbiaceae), Dalbergia gracilis and Senegalia tenuifolia (Fabaceae); seven as trees and shrubs: Kielmeyera regalis (Calophyllaceae), Erythroxylum anguifugum (Erythroxylaceae), Eugenia flavescens and Myrcia rufipes (Myrtaceae), Bertiera guianensis and Randia armata (Rubiaceae) and Esenbeckia pilocarpoides (Rutaceae). The species Machaerium amplum (Fabaceae) and Norantea guianensis (Marcgraviaceae) were found as trees, shrubs and lianas. The variability of life forms of these species represents their competitive strategies and high adaptability to the conditions imposed by the environment (Via et al. 1995VIA, S.; GOMULKIEWICZ, R.; DE JONG, G.; SCHEINER, S.M.; SCHILICHTING, C.D. & VAN TIENDEREN, P.H. 1995. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy. Tree, 10 (5): 212-217.). Considering these authors, we believe that the isolation, allied to the pedological characteristic and the regional climatic seasonality, are factors that favor the plasticity of the species life form in the studied area.

Among the 126 species compiled in this study, 66 were unique to the Deciduous Seasonal Forest, 50 were shared with neighboring phytophysiognomies and nine species were recorded only in neighboring phytophysiognomies (Table 1). However, we emphasize that there may be an influence of the intensified sampling effort on the area of rocky outcrops studied here. Moreover, during the elaboration of Flora do Cristalino, the collections intensified in the areas of Rainforest, while smaller sampling effort was allocated for the outcrop areas (e.g., Zappi et al. 2011ZAPPI, D.C.; SASAKI, D.; MILLIKEN, W.; IVA, J.; HENICKA, G.S.; BIGGS, N. & FRISBY, S. 2011. Plantas vasculares da região do Parque Estadual Cristalino, norte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Acta Amazon. 41 (1): 29-38.). Nevertheless, the authors showed differences in species diversity between these areas.

Regarding the conservation status and endemism of the species we obtained from the CNCFlora (2019) and Flora do Brasil 2020 databases under construction (2019), respectively, the following information could be assessed: 1 - In the Cristalino region there are two species classified in the ‘Vulnerable’ threat category and 12 species classified in the category of ‘Least Concern’, two species as ‘Deficient Data’ and the others were not evaluated (see Table 1). 2 - In the Cristalino region there are 17 species classified as endemic in Brazil, three species whose endemism is unknown and the others are not endemic. The occurrence of endemic and threatened species confirms the importance of the protected areas (State Park Cristalino and four private reserves) in the Cristalino region, especially taking into account the rapid deforestation rate associated with slow development, and dissemination of studies on biological diversity in the South Amazon region.

Final considerations

The species increment results for Flora do Cristalino, with some being new records for Mato Grosso and others composing new records for the Amazon, as well as the presence of endemic and threatened species, reinforce the need for investigations of these outcrops that occur forming a corridor of rocky outcrop vegetation islands amid the rainforests from the South Amazon border. This corridor of rocky vegetation, covering the northern region of Mato Grosso and the southern portion of Pará, may be determinant for a broader distribution of some species, such as those with anemochoric dispersion.

  • Ethics
    The authors declare that they have complied with the guidelines established by the ethics principles. In this sense, there is no sort of plagiarism, double submissions, already published articles and possible frauds in research.
  • Data availability
    Data obtained in field collections are deposited in ‘Sistema Nacional de Gestão do Patrimônio Genético e do Conhecimento Tradicional Associado - SISGEN’ from Brazilian Government and are also in process of incorporation into ‘speciesLink’ database.

Acknowledgments

This study was partially funded by CAPES (COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR, Brazilian Ministry of Education), Finance Code 001. We also thank FAPEMAT - FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO, which funded the Research Project “Distribuição e diversidade de espécies vegetais na transição Cerrado-Amazônia” - Edital Universal 005/2015 (Processo 224333/2015), to which this study was linked, and FUNDAÇÃO ECOLÓGICA CRISTALINO, for logistic support and authorization to the field work.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    08 June 2020
  • Date of issue
    2020

History

  • Received
    11 Sept 2019
  • Reviewed
    27 Apr 2020
  • Accepted
    03 May 2020
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