Abstract

PEREZ-PAREDES, M.G.; SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ, A.  and  TEJERO-DIEZ, J.D.. Lycophytes and ferns list of "Zacualtipán de Ángeles" municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico. Polibotánica [online]. 2012, n.33, pp.57-73. ISSN 1405-2768.

The Hidalgo State has a wide variety of physiographic and climatic conditions that promote the presence of a rich flora, but it is far from being well known. The aim of this study is contribute to the floristic knowledge of the state, through an inventory of lycophytes and ferns species in the "Zacualtipán de Ángeles" municipality. The collection of the specimens was conducted mainly in the cloud forest and secondarily in the oak and pine-oak forest. 21 families, 51 genera, and 125 species were identified; four of them are new records for the state of Hidalgo, and six species are federally protected in the Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-ECOL-SEMARNAT-2010. These results placed the municipality as the one with the highest lycophytes and ferns species number of in the Hidalgo State.

Keywords : ferns; lycophytes; Zacualtipan; cloud forest; Hidalgo; conservation.

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