Legume Diversity in the Extra Andean Patagonia

Abstract

Patagonia is one of the few cold temperate semiarid regions of the world. This territory extends from latitude 40 to 55 ֯ and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andean piedmont in the west, and occupies nearly 786.000 km2 in the southern portion of Argentina. This area can be divided into three main regions: (1) the Andean Region, wich is coincident with the Southern Andean region. This is characterized by forests, glacier lakes, high valleys, and prairies, where large sheep flocks gather in summer...