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Landforms and soil attributes determine the vegetation structure of the Brazilian semiarid

Daniel M. Arruda · Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer · Guilherme R.Corrêa · Priscyla M.S. Rodrigues · Reinaldo Duque-Brasil · Walnir G. Ferreira-JR · Ary T. Oliveira-Filho

Table A List of the 79 most abundant species used in NMS-sp, with their scores related to axis 1.

Species / Low / Slope / Up / Scores
Albizia polycephala(Benth.) Killip ex Record / 5 / −0.33024
Anadenanthera colubrina(Vell.) Brenan / 2 / 5 / −0.68096
Andira fraxinifolia Benth. / 11 / 1.63049
Annona leptopetala (R.E.Fr.) H.Rainer / 30 / 1.43795
Annona vepretorum Mart. / 6 / 7 / −0.50864
Aspidosperma macrocarponMart. / 25 / 1.26181
Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart. / 19 / 6 / −0.39312
Aspidosperma tomentosum Mart. / 8 / 0.95246
Astronium fraxinifolium Schott ex Spreng. / 14 / 1.43795
Bauhinia rufa (Bong.) Steud. / 9 / −0.33024
Bauhinia sp2 / 8 / −0.67562
BrosimumgaudichaudiiTrécul / 16 / 1.26181
Calliandra foliolosa Benth. / 4 / −0.83467
Campomanesia velutina (Cambess.) O.Berg / 5 / −0.2967
Capparis flexuosa (L.) L. / 6 / −0.73825
Caryocar brasiliense Cambess. / 16 / 1.39276
Casearia decandra Jacq. / 7 / −0.14744
Cavanillesia umbellataRuiz & Pav. / 7 / 1 / −0.74804
Cnidoscolus bahianus (Ule) Pax & K.Hoffm. / 10 / 17 / −0.59093
Coccoloba schwackeana Lindau / 14 / −0.66385
Combretum leprosum Mart. / 31 / −0.14744
Commiphora leptophloeus (Mart.) J.B.Gillet / 13 / 19 / −0.58537
Copaifera arenicola (Ducke) J.Costa & L.P.Queiroz / 18 / 1.26181
Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. / 21 / 1.42414
Cordia americana (L.) Gottschling & J.J.Mill. / 4 / −0.74944
Cordiaincognita Gottschling & J.J.Mill. / 37 / 39 / 11 / −0.58123
Croton argyrophylloides Müll.Arg. / 6 / 13 / −0.69318
Curatella americana L. / 9 / 1.43795
Cyrtocarpa caatingae J.D.Mitch. & Daly / 13 / 7 / −0.73783
Dalbergia miscolobiumBenth. / 21 / 1.26181
Dilodendron bipinnatum Radlk. / 12 / −0.67562
Diospyros hispidaA.DC. / 34 / 1.19942
Diplotropis ferruginea Benth. / 7 / −0.67562
Diptychandra aurantiaca Tul. / 45 / −0.2967
Erythroxylum sp1 / 9 / 1.43795
Eugeniadysenterica DC. / 54 / 1.19273
Eugenia sp2 / 17 / 1.43795
Eugeniauniflora L. / 7 / 11 / −0.56741
Galipea ciliata Taub. / 36 / 8 / 55 / −0.69206
Goniorrhachis marginataTaub. / 5 / 19 / −0.43607
Guapira tomentosa(Casar.) Lundell / 6 / −0.33024
Handroanthus impetiginosus Mattos / 4 / −0.14744
Handroanthus ochraceus (Cham.) Mattos / 22 / 186 / 53 / −0.69411
Handroanthus serratifolius (A.H.Gentry) S.Grose / 7 / 8 / −0.47579
Handroanthus spongiosus (Rizzini) S.Grose / 76 / 22 / 41 / −0.49218
Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne / 53 / 1.20177
Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill. / 5 / −0.67562
Kielmeyera coriacea Mart. & Zucc. / 9 / 1.63049
Kielmeyera rubrifloraCambess. / 22 / 1.26181
Leptolobium dasycarpum Vogel / 46 / 1.24322
Lonchocarpus montanus A.M.G.Azevedo ex M.J.Silva & A.M.G.Azevedo / 8 / −0.33024
Machaerium opacum Vogel / 10 / 0.90827
Machaerium punctatum(Poir.) Pers. / 8 / −0.33024
Machaerium stipitatum (DC.) Vogel / 6 / −0.64294
Manihot caerulescens Pohl / 6 / −0.2277
Manihot sp3 / 5 / −0.2277
Maprounea guianensisAubl. / 6 / −0.2967
Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. / 7 / −0.74944
Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão / 8 / 53 / −0.61268
Myrcia guianensis(Aubl.) DC. / 24 / 1.26181
Myrcia tomentosa (Aubl.) DC. / 11 / −0.2967
Piptadenia viridiflora (Kunth) Benth. / 1 / −0.64294
Plathymenia reticulataBenth. / 12 / 8 / −0.41623
Poecilanthe ulei (Harms) Arroyo & Rudd / 5 / −0.33024
Poincianella pluviosa (DC.) ined. / 38 / 5 / −0.40984
Pouteria ramiflora(Mart.) Radlk. / 43 / 1.41833
Pouteria torta (Mart.) Radlk. / 16 / 1.63049
Pseudopiptadenia brenaniiG.P.Lewis & M.P.Lima / 5 / 22 / −0.32403
Ptilochaeta densiflora Nied. / 9 / −0.73825
Qualea grandiflora Mart. / 50 / 1.32621
Qualea parviflora Mart. / 31 / 1.63049
Qualea sp1 / 55 / 1.43795
Rhamnidium molle Reissek / 4 / −0.73825
Sapium glandulosum (L.) Morong / 29 / 30 / −0.62407
Senegalia langsdorffii (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger / 22 / −0.33024
Spondias tuberosa Arruda / 14 / −0.83467
Tabebuia roseoalba (Ridl.) Sandwith / 18 / −0.70023
Terminalia fagifoliaMart. / 6 / 27 / 0.97844
Tocoyena formosa (Cham. & Schltdl.) K.Schum. / 8 / 1.63049