From recent collections of Uredinales undertaken at Itatiaia National Park and in environmental protection areas around this park, new records for Brazil were identified: Dicheirinia binata (Berkeley & Curtis) Arthur, Maravalia manettiae Jørstad, Prospodium bignoniacearum ( Spegazzini) Cummins, Puccinia ancizari Mayor, Puccinia investita Schweinitz, Puccinia lasiacidis Kern, Puccinia mandevillae Jackson & Holway and Uredo chusqueae Pardo-Cardona. These species had been reported in several countries adjacent to Brazil. Moreover, after careful literature analysis, synonymization of Puccinia interjecta Jackson to Puccinia ancizari Mayor is proposed. These collections are increasing the Brazilian specimens and those of the of the Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Herbarium (RB).
rust fungi; host; PARNA Itatiaia; Atlantic forest
