ABSTRACT
Restinga is a costal vegetation with different physiognomic communities, determined by abiotic factors, such as topography and fluvial-marine influence. There are few works on restinga floristic composition of the central coastline of Sao Paulo State, and a small number of them report the occurrence of Acanthaceae in this ecosystem, none with species description. Ten species of the following genera were found in Parque Estadual Restinga de Bertioga: Aphelandra, Avicennia, Brillantaisia, Justicia, Hygrophila, Herpetacanthus, Lepidagathis and Ruellia. We present an identification key for the species, descriptions, information about the habitat and distribution, and photographs of the species.
Keywords:
Acanthoideae; Lamiales; mangrove; São Paulo central coastline
