Caracterização morfológica das plantas de Gérbera jamesonii e White máster

Abstract

This work aims to present between the various ornamentals grown economically important to Gérbera jamesonii and White master, plants with good durability, resistance to transportation and marketing of quality. The world floriculture occupies an area estimated at 190,000 ha and moves values close to $ 60 billion a year. The cut flowers segment is the most significant, followed by living plants, bulbs and foliage. Brazil has a large domestic market and consumes virtually everything it produces. Although cultivate a large area, it generates a small flow of products to the international market. To better know these plants will be studied the characteristics of the Asteraceae, which can be identified inflorescence and root of the characteristic structures, floral stem, the following work was performed in the laboratory of botany and parks and gardens of the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, campus Pato Branco. The work has purpose to review and update information for the purpose of enriching the existing literature.