ABSTRACT The Serra da Bodoquena National Park is an important protected area that promotes the conservation of a threatened ecosystem, the Dry Forest. It comprises two major fragments of predominantly Seasonally Dry Forest vegetation. The two fragments are under different protection schemes because they are considered different biomes. The southern fragment is considered part of the Atlantic Forest biome, and is thus protected by the Atlantic Forest Law, while the northern one is considered part of the Cerrado biome and is protected by the Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil (2012). This difference affects management and threatens the conservation of the National Park. The Native Vegetation Protection Law is more permissive, thus increasing the conflicts between the park and surroundings in the northern fragment. We used floristic composition to provide a more accurate definition for the two fragments with regard to their phytogeographical domain. Our results identified high floristic similarity between the fragments, indicating the same vegetation type for both. Among the 202 plant species identified in this study, 76% belong to the Atlantic Forest biome. This relatively high proportion indicates that the predominant vegetation and species composition of the National Park is typical of the Atlantic Forest. The occurrence of fragments of the Atlantic Forest, with a representative number of species of its flora outside the area of application of the law of the Atlantic Forest, defined by Decree No. 6.660 / 2008, indicates the need to elaborate or adapt the law to protect these fragments. ecosystem biomes 2012. 2012 . (2012) permissive domain both 20 study 76 No 6660 6 660 6.66 2008 201 (2012 2 7 666 66 6.6 200 (201 6. (20 (2 (

Estudo etnobotânico realizado com a população indígena Kaiowá/Guarani na Reserva de Caarapó (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil) mostrou que 34 espécies vegetais, distribuídas em 22 famílias, têm propriedades medicinais e são utilizadas para o tratamento de diversas patologias. As informações obtidas foram: nome local em Português e em Guarani, indicações terapêuticas, preparação e a parte da planta utilizada. As principais plantas medicinais são usadas pela população indígena no tratamento de gripes e resfriados, dores abdominais, febres, reumatismos e para o tratamento de feridas.

This ethnobotanical survey carried out with the Kaiowá and Guarani populations in the Caarapó Reserve (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) showed that 34 plant species of 22 families with medicinal properties, are used for treating diverse pathologies. Local names in Portuguese and Guarani are provided, along with therapeutic indications, modes of preparation, and a description of the plant parts used. These folk-medicine plants have been mostly used for the treatment of influenza, abdominal pain, fever and rheumatism, and for wound healing.

A Nhecolândia, uma sub-região arenosa do Pantanal, possui muitas lagoas ("baías") rasas e subcirculares. Levantou-se, em outubro de 1988, através de duas transecções, a vegetação aquática de uma lagoa permanente, denominada "Baía da Sanguessuga", com 250m de diâm. e até 1,2m prof. (época seca), na fazenda Nhumirim (18º59'S e 56º39'W, e alt 90m). As plantas foram coletadas e depositadas nos Herbários CP AP e COR. São apresentadas lista de 37 plantas ocorrentes, suas formas biológicas, e gráficos de frequência das principais espécies. As espécies mais freqüentes são: Utricularia spp., Salvinia auriculata, Cabomba pyauhyensis, Hydrocieis nymphoides, Cyperus cf. polystachyos, Eleocharis spp., Pontederia cordata, Nymphaea amazonwn e Echinodorus spp. Observou-se zonação na distribuição das principais espécies, explicada pela relação entre profundidade e forma biológica das plantas.

Nhecolandia, a sandy sub-region of the Pantanal, has many shalow and subcircular lakes. In October 1988 two transects were established to survey the aquatic vegetation of a permanent pond, named "Baia da Sanguessuga", 250 m diameter and 1,2 m deep (dry season), at Nhumirim farm (18º59'S, 56º39'W, and 90 m alt.). Plants were colected and kept at CPAP and COR Herbaria. A list of 37 plants, their life forms and frequency graphs are presented. The most frequent species are: Utricularia spp., Salvinia auriculata, Cabomba pyauhyensis, Hydrocleis nymphoides, Cyperus cf. polystachyos, Eleocharis spp., Pontederia cordata, Nymphaea amazonum and Echinodorus spp. There is a relation between depth and life form, and a zonation on the distribution of the most important species.