Campo rupestre

• Title

  Campo rupestre

• Definition

  A Portuguese term referring to a rocky kind of savanna, usually at midelevations in Brazil. Species of several plant families; e.g., Asteraceae, Eriocaulaceae, Melastomataceae, Velloziaceae, Xyridaceae, etc., are characteristic of this vegetation.

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