Amazonian timber species: richness, popular names and their peculiarities

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4336/2018.pfb.38e201801567

Keywords:

Forest management, Biodiversity, Botanical nomenclature

Abstract

The process of botanical identification in commercial forest inventories in Amazon may involve several errors and entail losses to forest management. A common error is the variation of popular names, which have regional peculiarities and can be attributed to several species simultaneously. This study aims to analyze the richness of timber species exploited in the Brazilian Amazon and verify the regional variations of popular names of main species, aiming to identify patterns and cases of fidelity. Information on exploited and potential commercial trees was explored in 10 sustainable forest management plans in different categories and regions of the Brazilian Amazon. The analyzes showed high richness of commercial species, with low similarity among species, indicating local peculiarities for main species. Popular names presented a wide variation, with two distinct tendencies: use of the same popular name for several botanical species and use of several popular names for a single botanical species. Cases of fidelity were detected for popular names of main timber species. However, popular names are strongly related to botanical genera and families, and may vary intensely when the analysis requires identification at species level.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

  • Vinicius Costa Cysneiros, Federal University of Paraná
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/6891722456676030
  • Joaquim Oliveira Mendonça Júnior, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/8300134350892169
  • Tomaz Ribeiro Lanza, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/7371365212659397
  • Juan Carlos Resende Moraes, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/2120256098910920
  • Otávio José Magalhães Samor, Dossel Florestal
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/4991233566036973

Downloads

Published

2018-12-13

Issue

Vol. 38 (2018)

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira (PFB) licenses all its published content under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

  • Copyright: Authors maintain the copyright to their work. PFB holds the right to the first publication, and use rights under the specific Creative Commons deed.
  • Editing and revision: PFB reserves the right to edit the original manuscript to ensure conformity with the standards, spelling and grammar of the Portuguese language, while respecting the style of the author(s). The final version of the text shall be sent to the corresponding author for approval prior to publication.
  • Sharing and reuse: The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license permits sharing of the article in its original version, as long as credit is given to the journal and the authors and the material is not used for commercial purposes. No alterations or adaptations of the original content are permitted.
  • Figures and illustrations: Figures and illustrations published in PFB may only be used with express prior authorization from Embrapa Forestry.
  • Disclaimer: The opinions and beliefs expressed in the texts published herein are the exclusive responsibility of their respective authors and not PFB.
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

How to Cite

CYSNEIROS, V. C. et al. Amazonian timber species: richness, popular names and their peculiarities. Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira, v. 38, 13 Dec.2018.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Similar Articles

1-10 of 50

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.