Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 86 (1): 49-61, 2013
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Biogeographic analysis and key to the genera of ferns and lycophytes of
Mburucuyá National Park, Corrientes, Argentina
The diversity of ferns and lycophytes of Corrientes province, Argentina is not
well understood. Our field work in the Mburucuyá National Park in Corrientes province as well as a literature review finds 29
genera and 48 infrageneric taxa of ferns and lycophytes for this Park. A comparison of the Park’s species diversity with other
protected areas in northeastern Argentina using Jaccard’s similarity coefficient and the infrageneric taxa biodiversity index
proposed by Squeo et al. (1998) are analized. A key to the Park’s ferns and lycophytes genera is
provided.
Key words:
Floristic
diversity, monilophytes, protected area, pteridophytes.
