Abstract
Brazil is situated between northern latitude 5° 61′ 19″ and southern latitude 33° 45′ 9″ and extends from eastern longitude 34° 45′54″ to western longitude 73° 59′ 32″. Brazil, with an area totalling 8,513,844 km2, covers almost half of the South American continent. Such a vast territory which comprises both tropical and temperate zones is characterized by a varied flora unique in the world. Tropical forests cover half of the land and are mostly developed in the Amazon basin. The center of the country has vast expanses of savannah accounting for 23% of the territory, whereas the thornbush areas of the north-east, the natural grasslands of the south, the Parana Pine woods (Araucaria angustifolia)of the southern zone and the palm groves extending from the center to the north-east cover 10%, 4%, 2% and 2% of the country respectively, in addition to the temperate forests and the vegetation of the temperate and littoral zones.
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Hashimoto, G. (1982). Brazil. In: Holzner, W., Numata, M. (eds) Biology and ecology of weeds. Geobotany, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0916-3_29
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