Contribution to the biogeography of the Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
This paper, which deals with the geological history of Hispaniola in the general framework of Central America and particularly the Caribbean Sea, aims at revealing the influence of it on other areas. The paper studies the distribution of 675 species of Melastomataceae family, a family which has been...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/97656 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97656 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 574.9 (261.55) 582.32/.998 Caribbean Biogeography Flora Vegetation Caraïbe Biogéographie Flore Végétation Botánica (Biología) Medio ambiente natural 2505.01 Biogeografía 2505.01-1 Biogeografía Botánica |
| Sumario: | This paper, which deals with the geological history of Hispaniola in the general framework of Central America and particularly the Caribbean Sea, aims at revealing the influence of it on other areas. The paper studies the distribution of 675 species of Melastomataceae family, a family which has been used to establish the biogeographical ranges of Superprovince and biogeographical Province. The research also carried out a floristic and distributional study of 1.582 endemic species on Hispaniola. Nineteen working areas were defined and plant samples were taken in most of them following the Central European phytosociological method. With these datas, we plotted a map with the biogeographical Subprovinces and another one with the Sectors. The Superprovinces of Western Antilles, Central-Eastern Antilles have been established. This latter includes the Provinces of Eastern Antilles and Hispaniola. We propose a comprehensive biogeographical typology of the island. Due to its high endemicity and the great diversity of its habitats is moved to a upper range called biogeographical Province encompassing two Subprovinces: Central (one Sector) and Caribbean-Atlantic (Bahoruco-Hottense, Neiba-Metheux-Noroeste, Azua - San Juan - Hoya Henriquillo - Puerto Príncipe - Artiobonite - Gonaives, CaribbeanCibense and North). |
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