A check-list of Asteraceae was carried out between February 1994 until January 1998, in Serra da Canastra National Park, which is located in Southern Brazil. All specimens are deposited at the herbarium of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (HUFU). The Asteraceae is the most diverse family of the Serra da Canastra. The total number is 215 species, belonging to 66 genera, and 11 tribes. One significative result is the discovery of 27 new species, representing 19 genera of seven different tribes. Some of them belong to monotypic or small genera as Xerxes, Hololepis, Pseudobrickellia, and Inulopsis, and others to several genera which have great importance to the Brazilian Asteraceae flora, such as Lessingianthus, Chromolaena, Stevia, Mikania, Aspilia, Calea, and Senecio. This inventory has the highest number of species recorded in one study area in Brazil.
Asteraceae; Compositae; checklist; Serra da Canastra; Minas Gerais
