ABSTRACT
Santa Teresa county is located in Espírito Santo State and includes about 71.110 ha of submontane atlantic forest. Twenty-six specific and infraspecific taxa and 13 genera were found: Oxypetalum (5 species), Ditassa (4 species), Marsdenia and Orthosia (3 species each), Macroditassa and Matelea (2 species) and Asclepias, Blepharodon, Calotropis, Gomphocarpus, Jobinia , Peplonia and Tassadia (1 species each). Key for the species, descriptions, illustrations and comments on the distribution are included.
Key words:
Asclepiadaceae; floristics; taxonomy; Atlantic Forest