Flora of the Copán Archaeological Park, Honduras

Authors

  • Lilian Ferrufino Acosta Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
  • German Sandoval Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
  • Olvin Oyuela Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Honduras

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/rct.v0i20.5923

Keywords:

Archaeological sites, plant species, Fabaceae, Brosimum alicastrum

Abstract

The Archaeological Park of Copan studied the flora that inhabit in this protected area. There were 94 plant species, being 76% eudicotiledóneas, 16% monocotyledons and 10% basal angiosperms. The Fabaceae family (10) has the highest number of species. In the nine linear transects of 0.1 km, a total of 57 species of arboreal and shrub plants were identified and 605 individuals were counted, being the most abundant Brosimum alicastrum. Cedrela odorata L. and Swietenia macrophylla species categorized as vulnerable according to the IUCN red list and listed in Appendix III of CITES. Most of the species registered on the site present a potential use, as medicinal, industrial and forestry.

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Author Biographies

Lilian Ferrufino Acosta, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Profesora de la Escuela de Biología y Herbario Cyril Hardy Nelson Sutherland (TEFH), Facultad de
Ciencias.

German Sandoval, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Profesor de la Escuela de Biología y Herbario Cyril Hardy Nelson Sutherland (TEFH), Facultad de Ciencias.

Olvin Oyuela, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Honduras

Profesor de la Escuela de Biología y Herbario Cyril Hardy Nelson Sutherland (TEFH), Facultad de Ciencias

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Published

2018-05-18

How to Cite

Ferrufino Acosta, L., Sandoval, G. and Oyuela, O. (2018) “Flora of the Copán Archaeological Park, Honduras”, Jornual of Science and Technology, (20), pp. 71–89. doi: 10.5377/rct.v0i20.5923.

Issue

Number 21, December 2017

Section

Life Sciences and Health

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