Plants with pink or purple bloomCerrado biomass----------Photographs - Geographical location----------City :
CavalcanteThe word chapada means mountains.
The Chapada da Veadeiros covers an area of 65,000 hectares occupying part of the highlands cerrado, including various municipalities, among others, São João Aliança, Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Cavalcante and Colinas do Sul.
The park was created in 1961 by the President of the Republic of the time Juscelino Kubitschek (who was also the founder of the city of Brasilia, the administrative capital of Brazil).
The park was recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in December 2001.
Region :
Chapada dos VeadeirosState :
Goiás - Botanical data -
Botanical family :
Scientific name : Calolisianthus speciosus (Cham. & Schltdll.) Gilg
Popular Name(s) : Unregistred in the database
(Common names given to plants have very different origins, and thus may be different from one state to another or even from one municipality to another.)
Geographical distribution (States) : Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Tocantins,
