Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Dilia; MARIN, Carlos; QUECAN, Hernando  and  ORTIZ, Rafael. Potential areas for collecting the Vasconcellea Badillo genus in Venezuela. Bioagro [online]. 2005, vol.17, n.1, pp.3-10. ISSN 1316-3361.

In Venezuela the following wild species of Caricaceae have been reported: V. cundinamarcensis Badillo, V. cauliflora (Jacq.) A. DC., V. microcarpa subsp microcarpa (Jacq.) A. DC and V. microcarpa subsp pilifera (V.M. Badillo) V.M. Badillo (endemic of the Andean of Mérida and Lara States). V. cundinamarcensis represents a promissory material with local commercial importance in the Andean states while V. cauliflora has been indicated as a resistant to virus material, with great potential for plant breeding. The objective of this paper was to determine potential areas for collects of these species. With information compiled from herbarium and from new collects realized in the country, a database was elaborated, and later they were analyzed using the software FloraMap v. 1.1 2001. The results showed that the species V. cauliflora and V. microcarpa probably have a wide distribution in the country, whereas V. cundinamarcensis would be limited to the high Andean region.

Keywords : Geographic information system; GIS; FloraMap software; Caricaceae.