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Flora of the canga of the Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil: Caryophyllaceae

Abstract

This taxonomic study includes the species of Caryophyllaceae growing on iron-ore substrate (canga) at the Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil. Only one species was recorded: Drymaria cordata. The work provides detailed description, morphological comments, geographic distribution, and illustrations of diagnostic characters of this species.

Key words:
iron-ore outcrops; Amazônia; canga; Drymaria; FLONA Carajás; floristics

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