“…); in Morrinhos, GO, 26 species (Ferreira, 2017); in Viana, MA, 12 (Corrêa et al, 2018) and in São Luís, MA, 13 (Silva et al, 2018). However, other studies showed a higher number: in Vargem Bonita, DF, there were 39 species (Carmona, 1995); in Ponta Grossa, PR, 49 species (Deiss et al, 2018) and; in São Luís Gonzaga, MA, 55 (Mesquita et al, 2016). Differences in the sampling effort, between the biome / ecosystem studied and in the methods of collecting soils and data, should explain the divergences between the results of the compared studies.…”