LA FLORA DEL MUNICIPIO DE ATENANGO DEL RÍO, ESTADO DE GUERRERO, MÉXICO Á

Abstract

A floristic study of the municipality of
Atenango del Río, in the State of Guerrero,
Mexico, is presented. Botanical collections
made over a period of a year, supplemented
by a literature search and herbarium work,
resulted in the identification of 643 species
and 349 genera in 95 families. The families
with the most species are Leguminosae (96
species), Compositae (75), Euphorbiaceae
(42), and Gramineae (29). The study
denotes the presence 49 species endemic to
the Balsas River Basin that are present in
Atenango del Río.