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<journal-id>2182-4452</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[RILP]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2182-4452</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação das Universidades de  Língua Portuguesa (AULP)]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2182-44522019000100133</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31492/2184-2043.rilp2018.35/pp.133-149</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Contribuição para o conhecimento das comunidades vegetais de Welwitschia mirabilis (Welwitschiaceae, Gnetophyta) do deserto do Namibe (Angola)]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cardoso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[João]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fonseca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[João Paulo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Neto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aguiar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bioret]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Frédéric]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Carlos]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade José Eduardo dos Santos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Angola</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento Território Centro de Estudos Geográficos]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico de Bragança CIMO-Centro de Investigação de Montanha ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Université de Bretagne Occidentale Géoarchitecture, UFR Sciences et Techniques ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>France</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<fpage>133</fpage>
<lpage>149</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2182-44522019000100133&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2182-44522019000100133&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2182-44522019000100133&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo A Welwitschia mirabilis é uma planta antiga, com uma morfologia e ecologia divergentes no âmbito das gimnospérmicas atuais. É endémica - e a espécie símbolo - do deserto do Namibe, o deserto mais antigo da Terra. Fazemos um estudo da estrutura florística e da sinecologia das comunidades vegetais W. mirabilis no território angolano. Concluímos existirem 4 comunidades distintas: (i) uma comunidade associada a linhas de água efémeras dominada por Acacia reficiens e Boscia pestalozziana; (ii) uma segunda comunidade, floristicamente pobre, dominada por W. mirabilis, de áreas secas e planas com sedimentos heterométricos nos interflúvios; (iii) uma terceira comunidade associada a sedimentos arenosos dominanda por gramíneas perenes; (iv) e, por último, uma comunidade dominada por espécies do género Commiphora (Burseraceae), própria dos sectores basais de inselbergs xistosos e/ou grauvaquicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Welwitschia mirabilis is an ancient plant with a divergent morphology and ecology from other gymnosperms. It is a symbol and an endemic species of the Namib Desert, the oldest desert on Earth. We studied the floristic structure, the phytosociology and synecology of the plant communities dominated by W. mirabilis in Angolan territory. We conclude that there are 4 distinct communities: (i) a community associated with ephemeral watercourses dominated by Acacia reficiens and Boscia pestalozziana; (ii) a second community, floristically poor, dominated by W. mirabilis, from dry and flat Interfluvial areas with heterometric sediments; (iii) a third community associated with sandy sediments dominated by perennial grasses; (iv) and a community dominated by Commiphora species (Burseraceae), typical of the basal sectors of schist or greywackes residual reliefs (inselbergs).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Angola]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Gnetophyta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[deserto do Namibe]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[fitossociologia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Welwitschia mirabilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Angola]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gnetophyta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Namib desert]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[phytosociology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Welwitschia mirabilis]]></kwd>
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