New and revised records of Tacinga from Goiás and Tocantins States, Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT Tacinga saxatilis (Ritter) N.P.Taylor & Stuppy subsp. saxatilis belongs to the Cactaceae, a family of succulent plants. We report a new records of the Tacinga genus (Cactaceae) from Goiás State, Central-West Region and Tocantins State, North Region of Brazil, within the Cerrado phytogeographic domain, providing new data on the geographic distribution of this species to the flora of Brazil and increasing the number of species of the family for these brazilian States.

Keywords

• brazilian flora
• Caryophyllales
• Cerrado
• endemic
• Taxonomy