An overview of invasive plants in Brazil). Alien plants are known to occur in Brazil since the 18 th century when African grasses started to be recorded in pastures near Rio de Janeiro. In the beginning of the 19 th century two royal decrees (July, 1809 and July, 1810) offered grants and tax exemption to everyone who would introduce plants of economic value. Nowadays, there are 117 plant species recognized as invasive or established and with invasive potential in Brazil and an unknown number of introduced plant species. Some of the most pervasive invasive species are Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. and Hedychium coronarium Konig in tropical ombrophilous forest, Hovenia dulcis Thunb. in subtropical ombrophilous forest and subtropical semi-deciduous forest, Pinus taeda L. and Pinus elliottii Engelm. in subtropical ombrophilous forest and steppe, Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. in stepic-savanna, Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth in tropical and subtropical semi-deciduous forest, Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv. in the Brazilian savannas, and Eragrostis plana Nees in the steppe. The purpose of this article is to fill a knowledge gap on alien species that are invasive in Brazil and where they are invading by summarizing data obtained by joint efforts of the Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) invasive species thematic network (I3N), and the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) in the last six years.
An overview of invasive plants in Brazil.
Published 2011 in Brazilian Journal of Botany
ABSTRACT
PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2011
- Venue
Brazilian Journal of Botany
- Publication date
2011-09-01
- Fields of study
Biology, Environmental Science
- Identifiers
- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar
CITATION MAP
EXTRACTION MAP
CLAIMS
CONCEPTS
- alien invasive species records
Compiled occurrence and invasion-location data for alien plant species in Brazil.
Aliases: invasion records, species distribution data
- artocarpus heterophyllus
A plant species cited as a pervasive invader in tropical ombrophilous forest.
Aliases: jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
- brazilian ministry of environment (mma)
Brazil's environment ministry named as a contributor to the compiled dataset.
Aliases: MMA, Ministério do Meio Ambiente
- hedychium coronarium
A plant species cited as a pervasive invader in tropical ombrophilous forest.
Aliases: white ginger lily, Hedychium coronarium Konig
- horus institute for environmental conservation and development
A partner organization contributing invasive species data to the compilation.
Aliases: Horus Institute
- iabin invasive species thematic network (i3n)
The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network thematic network focused on invasive species data.
Aliases: I3N, IABIN I3N
- invasive plant species in brazil
Plant species in Brazil that are recorded as invasive, established, or having invasive potential.
Aliases: invasive or established plant species, invasive plants in Brazil
- invasive potential
The capacity of an introduced plant to become invasive.
Aliases: potential to invade
- the nature conservancy
An organization contributing invasive species data to the compilation.
Aliases: TNC
- tropical ombrophilous forest
A humid tropical forest formation mentioned as an invasion habitat.
Aliases: tropical rainforest
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