Currently, the nomenclature of living beings is governed by international codes that are built collectively, involving the scientific community. These constructions serve to organize the nomenclature of the past and to stabilize the names of the species, with each code being independent and autonomous. Proper use, knowledge and consultation of codes make the use of nomenclatures more uniform, thus avoiding ambi...
The objective of this research is to know the diversity of plant species collected in the scope of the Igarapé da Fortaleza Hydrographic Basin, between the municipalities of Santana and Macapá, State of Amapá. From the organization of digital data records of species collected and registered in national and international herbaria, the records collected in the State of Amapá were extracted, comprising the scope o...
The objective of this research is to discution how synonyms and the expansion of the occurrence area in Brazil of Attalea phalerata, in the region of Amazon River, State of Amapá. The material was collected in the municipality of Mazagão, an experimental area of EMBRAPA, Amapá. The description and morphometry were carried out at Amapaense Herbarium (HAMAB), of the Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológic...
The Amazon has many plant species with potential for medicinal use and a vast traditional knowledge accumulated over the years by the traditional peoples that inhabit the region. The objective of this work was to document traditional knowledge regarding the use of medicinal plants by community residents that had its physical area affected by the reservoir of a hydroelectric plant in the region of the Araguari r...