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Ecogeography populations of Cordia (Varronia curassavica) in North and Jequitinhonha Valley in Minas Gerais, Brazil

The objective of this study was to evaluate the ecogeographic and edaphoclimatic conditions of the environments of occurrence of Cordia (Varronia curassavica) at the mesoregions Northern and Jequitinhonha Valley in Minas Gerais. The study was conducted in 15 places of occurrence of this species, located in 14 municipalities under the Cerrado biome and occurred in the Cerrado, Caatinga, marsh and, forest vegetation types. The places are located predominantly between 495 and 895m of altitude, and the plants are located always at the bottom of the top sequence. The annual average rainfall ranged from <1,000mm to 1,500mm and the annual average temperature ranged from <19 to 24°C. The species tolerates acid soils with high aluminum saturation, occurring at different fertility levels and soil types. In the mesoregions Northern and Jequitinhonha Valley in Minas Gerais the Cordia showed no ecogeographic and climatic specific conditions for its occurrence

environmental characterization; edaphoclimatic; medicinal plant; dispersion; Cerrado; Boraginacea


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