Mycorrhizal perennials of the ""matorral xer¨®filo"" and the ""selva baja caducifolia"" communities in the semiarid Tehuac¨¢n-Cuicatl¨¢n Valley, Mexico

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• 作者：Sara Camargo-Ricalde ; Shivcharn S. Dhillion and Carolina Jim¨¦nez-Gonz¨¢lez
• 刊名：Mycorrhiza
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：April 2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：13
• 期：2
• 页码：77-83
• 全文大小：130 KB

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We investigated the mycorrhizal status of perennial xeric plant species occurring in the ""matorral xerófilo"" (arid tropical scrub) and the ecotone of the ""selva baja caducifolia"" (tropical deciduous forest) communities in the semiarid valley of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, south-central Mexico. The perennial species examined are dominant/codominant elements within the ""matorral xerófilo"" and the ""selva baja caducifolia"", both endangered communities in the Biosphere Reserve Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley. Of the 50 sampled species, 45 were mycorrhizal. To our knowledge, we report arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) for the first time in 37 species, of which 21 are endemic to Mexico and nine are endemic to the Valley. We also report AM for the first time in three genera, Buddleja, Hechtia and Zornia, and in one plant family, Buddlejaceae. Beaucarnea gracilis, a threatened species, and Mimosa purpusii, a potentially rare species, are both mycorrhizal. This is the first study of the mycorrhizal status of plant species within the Valley.