Floristic Diversity of Halophytic Plants of Mexico
Por:
Flores-Olvera, Hilda, Czaja, Alexander, Luis Estrada-Rodriguez, Jose, Romero Mendez, Ulises
Publicada:
1 ene 2016
Resumen:
Along the Mexican coasts of the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Caribbean,
diverse plant communities affected by seawater and breeze, support salt
tolerant species here considered as halophilic. Moreover, the
intercontinental semiarid and arid regions, and the Transmexican
Volcanic Belt are characterized by ecosystems such as endorheic basins,
with species also living in salty soils. In the Chihuahuan Desert saline
and saline-gypseous soils occur, supporting gypsohalophilic plants.
After many years of search in literature, herbaria and fieldwork, we can
provide a floristic list of 647 species of angiosperms growing in these
harsh environments. In absence of a summary on the halophyte flora of
Mexico we deliver a list of angiosperms distributed in saline or
saline-gypseous habitats. Those species living also in other soil types
are considered as non restrictive to distinguish them from those living
only in these environments (restricted). The floristic diversity include
endemic species of several lineages, but specially of Poaceae,
Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Amaranthaceae, Boraginaceae,
Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, Brasicaceae and Cactaceae.
Filiaciones:
Flores-Olvera, Hilda:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Apartado Postal 70-367, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Czaja, Alexander:
Univ Juarez Estado Durango, Fac Ciencias Biol, Ave Univ S-N Fracc, Filadelfia 35010, Durango, Mexico
Luis Estrada-Rodriguez, Jose:
Univ Juarez Estado Durango, Fac Ciencias Biol, Ave Univ S-N Fracc, Filadelfia 35010, Durango, Mexico
Romero Mendez, Ulises:
Univ Juarez Estado Durango, Fac Ciencias Biol, Ave Univ S-N Fracc, Filadelfia 35010, Durango, Mexico
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