Flora do Ceará, Brasil: CLUSIACEAE

Abstract

The floristic-taxonomic survey of representatives of Clusiaceae is presented, as part of the project “Flora of the Ceará: know to conserve”. The study was based on the analysis of collections deposited in national and foreign herbariums and observations of natural populations during field expeditions carried out from February/2019 to March/2020. The identifications were made with the help of specialized bibliographies and confirmed by the analysis of the standard collections. The family is represented in the state of Ceará by eight species distributed in four genera: Clusia, Garcinia, Symphonia e Tovomita. The genus Clusia was the most representative with five species: C. ibiapabensis, C. melchiorii, C. nemorosa, C. nogueirae e C. panapanari. The other genera are represented by one species, Garcinia gardneriana, Symphonia globulifera and Tovomita mangle. The species preferentially occur in humid environments such as Ombrophilous Dense Forest and Ciliary Woods, however there are also records in the Seasonal Semideciduous Forest. Clusia nemoros and C. panapari were registered in Conservations Units in Ceará. C. melchiorii and S. globulifera are new records for the state. Identification key, descriptions, comments on the distribution, taxonomic relationships, phenological data and illustrations of the species are presented.