Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) in Serra Dourada State Park, Goiás, Brazil

Abstract

The Serra Dourada State Park - SDSP is the second largest Park in the Goiás state, covering 30,000 hectares. Aiming to understand the diversity of Asteraceae in Goiás we did the taxonomic treatment of Eupatorieae from this Park. The Eupatorieae is represented in SDSP by 12 genera and 23 species. Chromolaena and Mikania are the genera with the largest number of species represented by five, followed by Praxelis with three, Stomatanthes with two and Ageratum, Ayapana, Barrosoa, Campuloclinium, Lomatozona, Pseudobrickellia, Stevia and Trichogonia by one species each. Three species are reported for the first time for Goiás: Campuloclinium chlorolepis, Stomatanthes loefgrenii, and Barrosoa apiculata. Two species are listed in the Brazilian red list of threatened Flora, Lomatozona artemissiifolia (endangered) and S. loefgrenii (critically endangered). An identification key, taxonomic comments, geographical distribution, and illustrations for the species are provided.