A study on the mangrove formations of the                     Neotropical-Austroamerican Kingdom

García-Fuentes, Antonio; Lendínez-Barriga, Ma Lucía; Torres-Cordero, Juan Antonio; Valenzuela, Luis Ruiz; Quesada, Juan Luís Doménech; León, Yolanda; Salazar-Mendías, Carlos

doi:10.1127/phyto/2020/0356

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“…Floristically, the Neotropical mangrove formations have been subdivided into 30 phytosociological associations clustered in five groups/subgroups [48]. These associations are dominated/subdominated by species of the previously mentioned mangrove-forming trees of the genera Rhizophora, Avicennia, Laguncularia and Conocarpus.…”

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Responses of Caribbean Mangroves to Quaternary Climatic, Eustatic and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: a Review

Rull¹

2022

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Mangroves are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems. Understanding how these ecosystems responded to past natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change is essential not only for understanding how extant mangroves have been shaped, but also for informing their conservation. This paper reviews the available paleoecological evidence for Pleistocene and Holocene responses of Caribbean mangroves to climatic, eustatic and anthropogenic drivers. The first records date from the Last Interglacial when global average temperatures sea levels were slightly higher than the present and mangroves grew in locations and conditions similar to today. During the Last Glaciation temperatures and sea levels were significantly lower and Caribbean mangroves grew far from their present locations, on presently submerged sites. Current mangrove configuration was progressively attained after Early Holocene warming and sea-level rise, in the absence of anthropogenic pressure. Human influence began to be important in the Mid-Late Holocene, especially during the Archaic and Ceramic cultural periods, when sea levels were already at their present position, and climatic and human drivers were the most influencing factors. During the last millennium, the most relevant drivers of ecological change have been the episodic droughts linked to the Little Ice Age and the historical developments of the last centuries.

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“…Phytosociological groups/subgroups defined for Neotropical mangrove formations[48]. Aa, Acrostichum aureun; Ag, Avicennia germinans; Ce, Conocarpus erectus; Lr, Laguncularia racemosa; Pr, Pelliciera rhizophorae; Rm, Rhizophora mangle.…”

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Responses of Caribbean Mangroves to Quaternary Climatic, Eustatic and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: a Review

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“…Other species, known as mangrove associates, can live in mangrove communities but are not restricted to them and can also occur in other habitats, such as coastal swamps, back-mangrove wetlands, salt marshes, riverbanks, beach communities or inland rainforests (Table 1). In addition to the true and associate mangrove flora, a comprehensive floristic study of Neotropical mangroves recognized more than 100 accompanying species, which were useful to define 30 phytosolociological mangrove associations, with 85 of these species as diagnostic – that is, restricted to either one or another of these associations – species (García-Fuentes et al, 2020). The Neotropical mangrove forests show a characteristic sea-inland zonal pattern with no herbaceous understory, characterized by the sequence Rhizophora-(Pelliciera)- Avicennia-Laguncularia in the more saline zone dominated by normal tides, Acrostichum and Conocarpus in the brackish-water back-mangrove swamps and elevated areas under the influence of spring tides, and Mauritia and other palms in the more inland freshwater swamps, which mark the transition to the interior savannas and rainforests.…”

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The Neogene-Quaternary diversification trend in the shaping of modern Caribbean mangroves

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2022

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This paper analyzes the diversification of the Neotropical mangrove flora from the Miocene to the present, using a fairly comprehensive database of 110 pollen records distributed across the whole Caribbean region. A Neogene-Quaternary diversification trend (NQDT) has been identified, characterized by an increase of 25 genera (~78%) with respect to the 7 already existing Paleogene representatives. Only two genera appeared during the Miocene and the maximum increases were observed in the Pliocene-Quaternary transition and the modern-living record. Half of the true-mangrove genera (Rhizophora, Pelliciera, Acrostichum) were already present before the Neogene and the others appeared gradually in the Oligo-Miocene (Crenea), the Early-Middle Miocene (Avicennia) and the Mio-Pliocene (Laguncularia). None of the extant associate mangrove genera were present during the Paleogene and all appeared in the Miocene (23 genera) or the Oligo-Miocene transition (3 genera), being the main responsible for the NQDT, in absolute numbers. No regional extinctions were recorded since the Miocene in the Caribbean mangroves, at the generic level. These observations should be complemented with further high-resolution quantitative studies aimed at finding potential causal relationships with climatic, eustatic and paleogeographical shifts.

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“…The classification that we now propose, is presented using the same methodology as in other contemporary works in other parts of the world, such as Venezuelan savannas (Galán de Mera 2014), Central America (García Fuentes et al 2014), Argentina (Martínez Carretero et al 2016), Europe (Mucina et al 2016), Dominican Republic (Cano Ortiz et al 2020), American mangroves (García Fuentes et al 2020), and the Colombian páramo (Pinto Zárate et al in prep. ).…”

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A Phytosociological Classification of the Peruvian Vegetation

Mera

Campos-de-la-Cruz

Linares‐Perea³

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The present work is an update of the syntaxonomic scheme of Peru, with the results obtained to present. We currently recognize 218 phytosociological associations, of which 11 are novelties: Ageratino azangaroensis-Polylepidetum incarum ass. nov., Alchemillo pinnatae-Stipetum hans-meyeri ass. nov., Barnadesio dombeyanae-Polylepidetum racemosae ass. nov., Eclipto prostratae-Echinochloetum crus-pavonis ass. nov., Geoffroeetum decorticantis ass. nov., Junellio arequipensis-Proustietum cuneifoliae ass. nov., Lemnetum aequinoctialis ass. nov., Mutisio cochabambensis-Polylepidetum incarum ass. nov., Poo glaberrimae-Calamagrostietum eminentis ass. nov., Sarcocornietum andinae ass. nov., and Schino mollis-Prosopidetum calderensis ass. nov. These 218 associations belong to 34 phytosociological classes, four of which are described here for the first time: Limoselletea australis cl. nov., Mimulo glabrati-Plantaginetea australis cl. nov., Tillandsietea latifolio-landbeckii cl. nov., Woodsio montevidensis-Cheilanthetea pruinatae cl. nov. In addition, 5 new orders (Alternanthero pungentis-Cynodontetalia dactylonis ord. nov., Coreopsietalia fasciculatae ord. nov., Echinopsio schoenii-Proustetalia cuneifoliae ord. nov., Mimulo glabrati-Plantaginetalia australis ord. nov., Tillandsietalia latifolio-landbeckii ord. nov.), and 7 new alliances (Azollo filiculoidis-Lemnion gibbae all. nov., Ditricho submerse-Isoetion lechleri all. nov., Echinopsio schoenii-Proustion cuneifoliae all. nov., Haageocerion acranthi all. nov., Lepidio chichicarae-Cynodontion dactylonis all. nov., Schoenoplection tatorae all. nov., and Tillandsion purpureo-latifoliae all. nov.) are also described.

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A study on the mangrove formations of the Neotropical-Austroamerican Kingdom

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

Responses of Caribbean Mangroves to Quaternary Climatic, Eustatic and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: a Review

Responses of Caribbean Mangroves to Quaternary Climatic, Eustatic and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: a Review

The Neogene-Quaternary diversification trend in the shaping of modern Caribbean mangroves

A Phytosociological Classification of the Peruvian Vegetation

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