The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico
Background and Aims: Among the plants commonly known as weeds are the ruderals, which thrive in human settlements and places with natural or human disturbance. Few studies in Mexico have focused on such plants, although they are an important component of the country’s flora, including many of them a...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
2020
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| author | Flores-Huitzil, Eladio César Coombes, Allen J. Villaseñor Rios, José Luis |
| author_facet | Flores-Huitzil, Eladio César Coombes, Allen J. Villaseñor Rios, José Luis |
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| description | Background and Aims: Among the plants commonly known as weeds are the ruderals, which thrive in human settlements and places with natural or human disturbance. Few studies in Mexico have focused on such plants, although they are an important component of the country’s flora, including many of them are endemics. The aim of this work was to carry out an inventory of the ruderal flora of the Coronango municipality, Puebla, whose territory is currently devoid of original vegetation.
Methods: Coronango is one of the 217 municipalities that make up the state of Puebla. In order to fulfill the objective, the roadsides of the municipality were covered in the period from October 2017 to October 2018, making collections of plant material that was processed for later identification. Throughout the fieldwork, those species that could already be identified on the site were registered as observations without any further collection. With the field data, an evaluation of the sampling effort was made and the list of ruderal plant species for the municipality was documented.
Key results: On the roadsides of the municipality 237 ruderal species were recorded, distributed in 46 families and 171 genera. Three of the species identified constitute new records for the state of Puebla. In addition, the presence of 61 exotic (introduced) species was documented, which represents 25.6% of the total flora of the municipality.
Conclusions: This study contributes to a better knowledge of the flora of the state of Puebla and adds to the few that focus on plants with ruderal behavior. It is also highlighted that even municipalities as Coronango, with a high degree of disturbance and currently lacking original vegetation, register an important component of the state and Mexican flora, which will surely characterize many future environments as the degradation of the original environments continues to increase. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.abm.ojs.inecol.mx:article-16012022-11-17T21:39:40Z The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico Las angiospermas ruderales del municipio Coronango, Puebla, México Flores-Huitzil, Eladio César Coombes, Allen J. Villaseñor Rios, José Luis distribución geográfica florística malezas perturbación antropogénica plantas exóticas anthropogenic disturbance exotic plants floristics geographic distribution weeds. Background and Aims: Among the plants commonly known as weeds are the ruderals, which thrive in human settlements and places with natural or human disturbance. Few studies in Mexico have focused on such plants, although they are an important component of the country’s flora, including many of them are endemics. The aim of this work was to carry out an inventory of the ruderal flora of the Coronango municipality, Puebla, whose territory is currently devoid of original vegetation. Methods: Coronango is one of the 217 municipalities that make up the state of Puebla. In order to fulfill the objective, the roadsides of the municipality were covered in the period from October 2017 to October 2018, making collections of plant material that was processed for later identification. Throughout the fieldwork, those species that could already be identified on the site were registered as observations without any further collection. With the field data, an evaluation of the sampling effort was made and the list of ruderal plant species for the municipality was documented. Key results: On the roadsides of the municipality 237 ruderal species were recorded, distributed in 46 families and 171 genera. Three of the species identified constitute new records for the state of Puebla. In addition, the presence of 61 exotic (introduced) species was documented, which represents 25.6% of the total flora of the municipality. Conclusions: This study contributes to a better knowledge of the flora of the state of Puebla and adds to the few that focus on plants with ruderal behavior. It is also highlighted that even municipalities as Coronango, with a high degree of disturbance and currently lacking original vegetation, register an important component of the state and Mexican flora, which will surely characterize many future environments as the degradation of the original environments continues to increase. Antecedentes y Objetivos: Entre las plantas comúnmente conocidas como malezas se incluyen las ruderales, que prosperan en asentamientos humanos y lugares con perturbación natural o antropogénica. Pocos estudios en México se han enfocado en tales plantas; no obstante, constituyen un componente importante de la flora del país, muchas de ellas son endémicas. El objetivo de este trabajo fue llevar a cabo un inventario de la flora ruderal del municipio Coronango, Puebla, cuyo territorio se encuentra actualmente desprovisto de vegetación original. Métodos: Coronango es uno de los 217 municipios que conforman el estado de Puebla; para cumplir el objetivo del trabajo se recorrieron sus caminos en el periodo de octubre de 2017 a octubre del 2018, realizando recolectas de material vegetal que fue procesado para su posterior identificación. A lo largo del trabajo de campo, se registraron únicamente como observaciones las especies que ya pudieron ser identificadas en el sitio sin necesidad de recolectarlas nuevamente. Con los datos de campo se hizo una evaluación del esfuerzo de muestreo y se documentó la lista de especies de plantas ruderales para el municipio. Resultados clave: En los caminos recorridos se registraron 46 familias, 171 géneros y 237 especies ruderales; tres de ellas son nuevos registros para Puebla y 61 son exóticas (introducidas), lo que representa 25.6% de la flora total del municipio. Conclusiones: Este estudio contribuye a un mejor conocimiento de la flora del estado de Puebla y se suma a los pocos que se enfocan a las plantas con comportamiento ruderal. Se destaca que aún municipios como Coronango, con fuerte perturbación y carentes actualmente de vegetación original, registran un importante componente de la flora del estado y de México, el cual seguramente caracterizará muchos ambientes futuros, conforme se siga incrementando la degradación de los ambientes originales. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2020-01-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artículo evaluado por pares application/epub+zip application/pdf application/xml https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1601 10.21829/abm127.2020.1601 Acta Botanica Mexicana; No. 127 (2020) Acta Botanica Mexicana; Núm. 127 (2020) 2448-7589 0187-7151 spa https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1601/4104 https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1601/4105 https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1601/1976 Derechos de autor 2019 Acta Botanica Mexicana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Flores-Huitzil, Eladio César Coombes, Allen J. Villaseñor Rios, José Luis The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico |
| title | The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_full | The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_short | The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_sort | ruderal angiosperms of coronango municipality, puebla, mexico |
| url | https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1601 |
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