Floração, frutificação e síndromes de dispersão de uma comunidade de floresta de brejo na Região de Campinas (SP)

Abstract

Flowering and fruiting phenophase data of species from a wet forest community were analyzed. The data were collected monthly during the floristic study. Habit, the presence or absence of flowers and/or fruits, and the color and texture of fruits were registered. Fruiting data were grouped in relation to dehiscence type and texture. When dry and dehiscent the fruits were discriminated by the presence of an aril or arillode or by the explosive dehiscence. By these analyses the species were classified according to their dispersal syndromes. In the community flowering and fruiting occurred during all the year with a peak of activity in June. When species are grouped by habit, differences in the peaks of flowering and fruiting during the year were observed. Zoochory was the most frequent syndrome (57% of species), followed by anemochory (27%) and autochory (16%). For arborescents and shrubs, zoochory was the most frequent (75% and 57% of the species, respectively), and anemochory was most common in climbers species (63%).