FLORA ENDEMIC TO NUEVO LEON AND NEIGHBORING STATESOriginal Title (non-English) FLORA ENDEMICA DE NUEVO LEON, MEXICO Y ESTADOS COLINDANTES [Spanish]

摘要

The main objective of this work is to know the endemic flora of the state of Nuevo Leon and neighboring states in northeast Mexico. Through bibliographic research, database consulting, and field work, a list of endemic vascular plants was compiled with information about nomenclatural synonyms, habitat, and municipalities in which the species occur. A total of 5 genera and 159 species were found to be endemic in Nuevo Leon representing 5% of the states flora. By extending the geographic range to the neighboring states, a total of 191 species are accounted as regional endemics. Galeana municipality in the Eastern Sierra Madre, harbors more than 50% of the state endemics; only 13 state endemic species are listed under a federal protection category on NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001. Ecosystems with the most endemic diversity are forest and gypsophylus vegetation.