| Autor: |
Ter Steege H; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Vondellaan 55, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands. hans.tersteege@naturalis.nl.; Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Av. Magalhães Barata 376, C.P. 399, Belém, PA, 66040-170, Brazil. hans.tersteege@naturalis.nl.; Systems Ecology, Free University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. hans.tersteege@naturalis.nl., Mota de Oliveira S; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Vondellaan 55, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands., Pitman NCA; Science and Education, The Field Museum, 1400S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605-2496, USA., Sabatier D; AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, INRA, Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A-51/PS2, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex, France., Antonelli A; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden.; Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Carl Skottsbergsgata 22A, SE-413 19, Göteborg, Sweden.; Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Box 461, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden.; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA., Guevara Andino JE; Science and Education, The Field Museum, 1400S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605-2496, USA.; Yachay Tech, School of Biological Sciences, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí, Ibarra, Ecuador.; Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud-BIOMAS- Universidad de las Américas, Campus Queri, Quito, Ecuador., Aymard GA; UNELLEZ-Guanare, Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), Mesa de Cavacas, Estado Portuguesa, 3350, Venezuela.; Compensation International Progress S.A., P.O. Box 260161, Bogotá, D. C., Colombia., Salomão RP; Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Av. Magalhães Barata 376, C.P. 399, Belém, PA, 66040-170, Brazil.; Programa Professor Visitante Nacional Sênior na Amazônia - CAPES, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Av. Perimetral, s/n, Belém, PA, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
To provide an empirical foundation for estimates of the Amazonian tree diversity, we recently published a checklist of 11,675 tree species recorded to date in the region (ter Steege H, et al. (2016) The discovery of the Amazonian tree flora with an updated checklist of all known tree taxa. Scientific Reports 6:29549). From this total of plant records compiled from public databases and literature, widely used in studies on the Amazonian plant diversity, only 6,727 tree species belong to the first taxonomically-vetted checklist published for the region (Cardoso D, et al. (2017) Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list. PNAS 114:10695-10700). The striking difference in these two numbers spurred us to evaluate both lists, in order to release an improved Amazonian tree list; to discuss species inclusion criteria; and to highlight the ecological importance of verifying the occurrence of "non-Amazonian" trees in the region through the localization and identification of specimens. A number of species in the 2016 checklist that are not trees, non-native, synonyms, or misspellings were removed and corresponded to about 23% of the names. Species not included in the taxonomically-vetted checklist but verified by taxonomists to occur in Amazonia as trees were retained. Further, the inclusion of recently recorded/new species (after 2016), and recent taxonomic changes added up to an updated checklist including 10,071 species recorded for the Amazon region and shows the dynamic nature of establishing an authoritative checklist of Amazonian tree species. Completing and improving this list is a long-term, high-value commitment that will require a collaborative approach involving ecologists, taxonomists, and practitioners. |
