Amazonian timber species: richness, popular names and their peculiarities
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https://doi.org/10.4336/2018.pfb.38e201801567Keywords:
Forest management, Biodiversity, Botanical nomenclatureAbstract
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
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2018-12-13
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CYSNEIROS, Vinicius Costa; MENDONÇA JÚNIOR, Joaquim Oliveira; LANZA, Tomaz Ribeiro; MORAES, Juan Carlos Resende; SAMOR, Otávio José Magalhães. Amazonian timber species: richness, popular names and their peculiarities. Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira, [S. l.], v. 38, 2018. DOI: 10.4336/2018.pfb.38e201801567. Disponível em: https://pfb.sede.embrapa.br/pfb/article/view/1567. Acesso em: 19 apr. 2025.
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