Eight previously described species of Ravenelia were reviewed and additional inedited illustrations from the following species were included. Ravenelia bezerrae on Enterolobium ellipticum; R. densifera on Senna silvestris; R. dieteliana on Calliandra dysantha var. dysantha; R. geminipora on Platymenia reticulata; R. lonchocarpi on Lonchocarpus campestris; R. mimosae-sensitivae on Mimosa radula var. imbricata; R. pileolarioides on Caesalpinia pyramydalis and R.. santos-costae on Calliandra dysantha.