ASTERACEAE DA ESTRADA PARQUE DO PANTANAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Abstract

This study aims to inventory the Asteraceae that occur along the Pantanal Park Road (PPR) of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), integrating morphological, taxonomic, phenological and species distribution comments. Monthly collections were made by the PPR, which starts at BR 262, next to the ring road that gives access to the cities of Corumbá and Ladario until the Paraguay River, a place called Porto da Manga. The fertile material collected was herbarized, processed as an exsicate and deposited in the Herbarium of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Pantanal Campus, (COR). The results indicate that in PPR there are 36 taxa distributed in 10 tribes: Heliantheae (11 spp.), Vernonieae (6 spp.), Eupatorieae (4 spp.), Astereae (2 spp.), Coreopsideae (2 spp.), Neurolaeneae (2 spp.), Senecioneae (2 spp.), Millerieae (1 sp.), Nassauvieae (1 sp.) and Tageteae (1 sp.). In addition, this study revealed four new occurrences of Asteraceae: for Mato Grosso do Sul: Acmella uliginosa and Calea elongata and for the Midwest Region: Dasyanthina palustris and Mikania capricorni.