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Myrtaceae is a plant family with outstanding diversity in the neotropics, which species are of difficult identification. Thus, for the differentiation between species to be possible, targeted inventories and detailed descriptions are necessary, to develop accessible and reliable identification tools. The goal of this research is to quantify the species richness and describe vegetative characters of Myrtaceae species from a Araucaria Rainforest remnant, through identification of patterns and the elaboration of an dendrological key. For the characterization of trunk and bark, up to five healthy adult individuals of each species were selected, and for branches and leaves, up to three individuals. The voucher material was deposited at the Herbarium EFC. The vegetative morphology of each species was described and an identification key was prepared. 29 species, belonging to 11 genera, were documented: Blepharocalyx (1), Campomanesia (3), Eugenia (5), Myrceugenia (5), Myrcia (8), Myrcianthes (1), Myrciaria (1), Myrrhinium (1), Pimenta (1), Plinia (1) and Psidium (2). The main dendrological characteristics used for the species differentiation were: rhytidome aspect, appearance and colour of the internal bark, venation, punctuations, indumentum and dimensions of the leaf blade. Differentiation was possible using vegetative characters, with greater difficulty for two very similar species of Campomanesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to elaborate an identification key and describe the woody species of the Fabaceae family in a remnant of Araucaria Rainforest considering dendrological characters. For each species, 3–10 healthy adult trees were selected for the characterization of trunk, bark, branches and leaves. Reference material from the species was deposited in the EFC (Escola de Florestas Curitiba) Herbarium. The characteristics of species were described and an identification key was elaborated. Fourteen species, from the subfamilies Papilionoideae (9), Caesalpinioideae (4) e Cercidoideae (1) were found. The variety of leaf types and the arrangement of leaflets helped in the initial differentiation of species, including: a single leaf bilobate, two trifoliolate, two bipinnate, four imparipinnate with alternate leaflets, two imparipinnate with opposite leaflets and three paripinnate. The final differentiation of each species was performed primarily by bark characteristics, indicating that dendrological characters are an effective methods for differentiation of these species [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]