Novas adições ao herbário ficológico do Instituto de Ciências do Mar da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

Continuing the project of Restructuring, Computerization and Maintenance of the Ficological Herbarium of the Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR) of the Federal University of Ceará, new lots were reorganized and added to the herbarium. Through material, until then, separated and kept in one of the herbarium compartments, it was possible to examine specimens not yet added to the collection. In this work, all copies were organized by division, order, family, genus and species and separated into batches, the records in the exsiccata were corrected, numbered and organized, and records were created for the binder. A total of 302 lots and 325 specimens of seaweed were added to the herbarium, distributed in 30 orders, 68 families, 139 genera and 235 species, of which 6 orders, 20 fanilli, 48 genera and 120 species were mentioned for the first time. The Rhodophyta division contributed with 60.6% of the lots, 59.4% of the specimens and 58.7 ¢ of the species. The Chlorophyta.com Division bases 19.9% ​​of the lots, 21.9% of the specimens and 21.7% of the species. The Phateophyta Division, with 17.5% of the lots, 16.9% of the specimens and 17.0% of the species. The Cyanophyta Division, with 1.7% of the lots, 1.5% of the units and 2.1% of the species, and the Xantophyta Division, with a total of 0.3% of the lots, 0.3% of the units and 0 , 4% of species. As for the origin of the lots and copies added, it was found that the largest number of contributions came from other countries, followed by other states in Brazil and the state of Ceará. With the new additions, the herbarium, in 2002, has a total of 1,608 lots, 3,339 specimens and 447 species.