Flora of the cangas of Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil: Orobanchaceae

Abstract

Abstract This is a taxonomic study of the representatives of Orobanchaceae from the cangas of Serra dos Carajás, Pará state, Brazil. We recorded Buchnera carajasensis and B. longifolia in Serra dos Carajás, but only the former occurs in areas of canga and will be treated in this work. Here we present a detailed description, photographs and notes on morphology, distribution and phenology of this species.

Keywords

• Amazônia
• FLONA Carajás
• hemiparasitismo
• Scrophulariaceae
• taxonomia