INIQUI   05448
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES PARA LA INDUSTRIA QUIMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Diversity and distribution of medicinal Fabaceae in
Autor/es:
ETCHEVERRY ÁNGELA1; YÁÑEZ CAROLINA1; LÓPEZ-SPAHR DIEGO1; FIGUEROA-FLEMING TRINIDAD1; ALEMÁN MERCEDES1; GÓMEZ CARLOS2
Lugar:
Saas-Fee
Reunión:
Simposio; First International Symposium on Medicinal, Aromatic and; 2011
Institución organizadora:
ISHS
Resumen:
Diversity and distribution of medicinal Fabaceae in Salta Province, Argentina. Ángela Etcheverry1, Carolina Yáñez1, Diego López-Spahr1, Trinidad Figueroa-Fleming1, Mercedes Alemán1, Carlos Gómez21, Carolina Yáñez1, Diego López-Spahr1, Trinidad Figueroa-Fleming1, Mercedes Alemán1, Carlos Gómez21, Mercedes Alemán1, Carlos Gómez2 1Catedra de Botánica, Laboratorio de Biología Reproductiva, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Avenida Bolivia 5150, 4400 Salta, ArgentinaCatedra de Botánica, Laboratorio de Biología Reproductiva, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Avenida Bolivia 5150, 4400 Salta, Argentina 2Laboratorio de Microscopia Electrónica de Barrido (LASEM), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Avenida Bolivia 5150, 4400 Salta, ArgentinaLaboratorio de Microscopia Electrónica de Barrido (LASEM), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Avenida Bolivia 5150, 4400 Salta, Argentina Fabaceae is the second largest family in terms of medicinal plants in Argentina. The diversity of this family, due to the large number of species in the world (over 18,000), is evidenced in the production of a large number of metabolites. In this study, we have analyzed the species diversity and distribution of Fabaceae in the Salta Province (Northwestern Argentina). We have modelled the potential distribution of each species using a program that allowed estimating its probabilistic distribution, based on the principle of maximum entropy. We used a program to consider the digital elevation models. Georeferenced records were used, and geographic coverage of environmental parameters that could potentially limit their ability to survive was performed. Records were digitalized from herbarium specimens and databases. The geographical coverage of environmental parameters was obtained from a set of climatic layers, generated through interpolation of data from different meteorological stations.