Table 3 Dioscorea species recorded in the vegetation on the shellmounds and surroundings in the study area
Species | Folk name | Shellmounds and surrounding area | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUB I-A | CUB I-B | CUB II | ECUB II | ILES II | EILES II | LAS | ELAS | MA II | EMA II | MO | EMO | RGU | ERGU | ||
Native | |||||||||||||||
 D. chondrocarpa | cará-de-espinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 D. dodecaneura | caratinga-roxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 D. laxiflora | caratinga-brava | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 D. olfersiana | cará | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 D. scabra | cará | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Exotic | |||||||||||||||
 D. cayennensis | cará-de-espinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |