Abstract

FERRER-PEREIRA, Hernán E. Lauraceae at the Herbario Nacional de Venezuela (VEN). Acta Bot. Venez., June 2009, vol.32, no.1, p.237-250. ISSN 0084-5906.

The Lauraceae family comprises 50 genera and almost 2750 species. In Neotropic, 27 genera and 1000 species at least exist, and most of them belongs to the tribe Perseeae. The exsiccata collection deposited at the Herbario Nacional de Venezuela (VEN) was revised and 2973 sheets were seen and analyzed, supporting the presence of 214 species collected into the country. Among the indeterminated exsiccata, 348 have been identified up to genus and 376 only to family. The most collected genera and those with the higher species number are Ocotea (89 species and 916 exsiccata) and Nectandra (26 species and 310 exsiccata). In VEN, only 32 of 42 endemic species are represented.

Keywords: Herbarium; Lauraceae; Ocotea; VEN; Venezuela.