“…It is located within 06º02'12"-08º19'18"S, 34º45'54"-38º45'45"W and includes 223 counties and 56,469.46 km² of extension ( Figure 1) (IBGE, 2016). To date, botanical efforts in the state were most intensive in selected areas, such as the Pico do Jabre (Pontes & Agra, 2001;Rocha & Agra, 2002), "Protected Area (APA) of Cariri" (Lima, Machado-Filho, & Melo (2013); Ferreira, Trovão, & Melo (2015), Biological Reserve of Guaribas (Barbosa & Pereira, 2006;Barbosa et al, 2011), and Private Natural Reserve (RPPN) Fazenda Almas (Lima & Barbosa, 2014).…”