Riqueza florística do parque Flamboyant Lourival Louza no município de Goiânia

Abstract

The Cerrado presents a high rate of endemism which added the rich diversity makes it a hotspot. The protection of areas using the protected area and is one of the most effective ways to maintain biological diversity, and one way of doing this within the city are the urban parks. That behind the concept of integrating urban and environment, considered important from many points of view as economic, social, political and biological. The following research was accomplished at the Flamboyant Lourval Louza Municipal Park located in the city of Goiania, State of Goias, between April and July of 2014. With the objective to accomplish a floristic survey, assessing the species planted in the park a distance of five meters to the left and five meters to the right of the main hiking trail. In this study was counted 492 beings within 92 species and also 29 tree’s families such as Arecacea, Fabaceae, Bignoniacea. Moreover, plants with scenic interest, forest interest and agronomic interest, were found. The most frequent species were:Syagrus oleracea (Mart.) Becc.; Platymiscium floribundum Vogel; Jacaranda cuspidifolia Mart.; Bauhinia brevipis Vog. e Hibiscus rosascinensis L. Because of floristic richness of the Flamboyant Park, it is relevant for the conservation and maintenance of the floristic richness of the Cerrado.