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Serra do Mar and Amazon Rainforest
The Serra do Mar is a mountain range running parallel to the
coast in southeastern Brazil, separating the coastal plain from the
inland plateau. It lies in the Mata Atlántica (Atlantic Forest)
vegetation zone, which formed, originally, a coastal strip of rain
forest running from northeastern to southern Brazil. The Mata Atlántica
is separated from the Amazon forest by an extensive area of wooded
savanna, called cerrado, and, in the northeast, by xerophytic thorn
scrub called caatinga, characterized by numerous cacti. Less than 5%
of the Mata Atlántica remains today: it has been exploited and
destroyed for agriculture (sugar cane in the northeast, coffee in
the southeast, cocoa in the State of Bahia), for cattle pastures, by
logging, for the production of charcoal, for land speculation, etc.
The Mata Atlántica has recently been recognized as one of the
regions in the world richest in species; it is particularly rich in
begonias.
Despite the immensity of the Amazon rainforest, begonias are not
abundant there, as opposed to their diversity in the Atlantic
Forest.
Brazil
Amazon rainforest
State - Acre
Serra do Mar (Coastal mountain range) - Mata Atlántica
(Atlantic Forest)
States of São Paulo (SP) and of Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Malaysia - Borneo
Sarawak - Gunung Mulu National Park
Sabah - Kinabalu National Park: Mount Kinabalu
Peru
Amazon rainforest
Some identifications are tentative. In case of incorrect
identifications, correction suggestions are welcome.
If someone has living descendants from seed of some of these
plants sent to the American Begonia Society or to Martin Johnson,
please contact Jacques
Jangoux (jangoux@interconect.com.br)
These photographs are copyrighted, and may not be reproduced
without authorization. Please contact: Jacques
Jangoux (jangoux@interconect.com.br)
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