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Secondary Forest Succession in the Mata Atlantica, Brazil: Floristic and Phytosociological Trends

Table 4

Plant genera with a high frequency of occurrence in secondary forests of the Mata Atlântica in Southern and Southeastern Brazil.
Forest FormationFrequent botanic genusAuthors
Seasonal deciduous forestBaccharis, Alchornea, Casearia, Inga, Solanum, Nectandra, Ocotea, Ilex, Allophylus, Apuleia, Cedrela, Cupania, Lonchocarpus, Luehea, Machaerium, Sorocea and Trema. Vaccaro and Longhi [50]; Rondon-Neto et al. [51]; Andreis et al. [52]; Hack et al. [53].
Mixed ombrophylous forestBaccharis, Casearia, Chethra, Ilex, Solanum, Nectandra, Ocotea, Myrsine, Matayba, Piptocarpha, Sapium, Vernonia, Allophylus, Zanthoxylum and Capsicodendron. Rondon-Neto et al. [54]; Pezzatto et al. [55]; Narvaes et al. [56]; Ramos and Boldo [57].
Dense ombrophylous forestBaccharis, Tibouchina, Myrsine, Cecropia, Alchornea, Solanum, Miconia, Nectandra, Ocotea, Jacaranda, Chethra, Ilex, Cedrela, Cupania, Psychotria, Euterpe, Guarea and Matayba. Klein [18]; Tabarelli and Mantovani [33]; Oliveira [34]; Oliveira-Filho et al. [58]; Mantovani et al. [59]; Schorn and Galvão [60]; Liebsh et al. [61].