ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL CATÁLOGO DE LAS PLANTAS VASCULARES DEL CONO SUR

F. O. ZULOAGA; MANUEL J. BELGRANO; CHRISTIAN A. ZANOTTI

DARWINIANA

INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DARWINION

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2019 vol. 7 p. 208 - 278

0011-6793

An update of the ?Catalogue of the vascular plants of the Southern Cone? of South America (Argentina,southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay) is here summarized, eleven years after the publicationof the original treatment. A summary of all Lycophyta, Monilophyta, Gimnospermae, and Angiospermae(Monocotyledoneae and Dictotyledoneae), updated to July 2019, is here presented. This checklistincludes nowadays 289 families, 2813 genera, and 18931 species. The number of species is 1238 higherthan that registered for the original version, which shows the large number of floristic and taxonomicnews published for the area, and the importance of keeping this information updated. Tables sumarizingthe floristic information for the Southern Cone and for each country are included, distinguishing byhigher groups, families and genera; a comparison with the original version of the catalogue is conducted;endemic families and genera are specified, as well as the introduced ones; finally floristic relationshipsbetween the involved countries are evaluated. In addition, two digital appendixes are included, one withthe new version of the catalogue, the other with a summary of the flora for each country.