As a result of a disordered occupation of Distrito Federal, Recanto das Emas is one of the most recent cities that has been created around Brasilia, located at 25.8km from the Plano Piloto and founded in 1993, the city has an area of 101,476km² with a today's population around 100.000 habitants. Several points of collect were chosen trying to cover all city and different areas. Very few specimens of Brioflora were found. Bryophyta has 10 species, distributed within seven families. The most representative is the family Bryaceae, with three species. Barbula indica (Hook.) Spreng. is the first occurrence to the Centro-Oeste region. The results is explained by the few years of existence of the city and the lack of substrata which has not allowed the establishment of a new vegetable covering.
Bryophytes; urban brioflora; mosses; Recanto das Emas; Distrito Federal