CerrHerb: composition, species richness, and conservation status of the Cerrado herbaceous-subshrub flora

We created the "CerrHerb" database with information about herbaceous-subshrub species of the Cerrado. We identified 6,492 species distributed across 769 genera from 97 families. We compiled 65,535 occurrences of 4,354 species and mapped two main hotspot clusters of species richness: the Central Cerrado and the Espinhaço Range, with a third, less pronounced hotspot cluster further west in Eastern Mato Grosso. The richest families were Asteraceae (742 species), Poaceae (681 species), and Fabaceae (584 species). Of the species, 2,398 (55%) occur in protected areas, while 1,956 species (45%) do not. Additionally, 2,235 species are endemic with no information on their conservation status.