Rapid floristic inventory in Guajaba cay, Sabana-Camagüey archipelago

Abstract

A rapid floristic inventory in Guajaba cay, with the objective to enrich the floristic list, as part of diagnostic of the protected area was performance. The inventory was made through transects in different plant formations, from which the floristic list was obtained. 150 infrageneric taxa, 26 new for cay, 125 genera and 60 families were recorded. The endemism represented 8%, Comocladia platyphylla and Metastelma cubense had not been recorded before. Most of the infrageneric taxa were found in the evergreen forest and mangrove forest. 13 species considered invasive or potentially invasive were found. The presence of Casuarina equisetifolia, Terminalia catappa, Leucaena leucocephala and Dichrostachys cinerea was identified as one of environmental problem to the protected area, due to the high invasive ability and transforming of habitat.