Functional and nutritional properties of six species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from the department of Huila, Colombia ; Propiedades funcionales y nutricionales de seis especies de pasifloras del departamento del Huila

We studied the relationships between vegetation and topography in two topo-sequences corresponding to the National Park Aguaro-Guariquito, Guárico State, Venezuela. The first is a high plain or Mesa landscape covered by a well-drained Savanna (site 1). In the dissected areas of this plateau geofractures occur with permanently saturated soils where the palm Mauritia flexuosa (morichals) grows (site 2). The other topo-sequence corresponds to an eolic plain with soils consisting of materials originating from the Mesa plateau and covered by wet savanna (site 3), which remains waterlogged for three... Mehr ...