A família Passiloraceae na APA Serra Branca/Raso da Catarina, Jeremoabo, Bahia, Brasil

摘要

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2016v29n1p11 This work presents a loristic survey of the family Passiloraceae in APA Serra Branca/Raso da Catarina, located in the municipality of Jeremoabo, Bahia. The family has a pantropical distribution and includes about 20 genera and 600 species. In Brazil there are four genera, Ancistrothyrsus , Dilkea , Mitostemma and Passilora , the latter being the most diverse. In the Caatinga biome there are 29 species, including one species of Mitostemma and the others of Passilora . The samples analyzed were collected from August/2011 to February/2013, and the analyses were supplemented with dried collections kept in the following herbaria: ALCB, HRB and HUEFS. Four species of the genus Passilora were recorded: Passilora cincinnata , P. foetida , P. luetzelburgii and P. setacea . Comments about the morphology and taxonomy, data on geographical distribution and phenology, illustrations, and a key to the taxa studied are provided.