Abstract
This study provides detailed descriptions, illustrations, and morphological comments of the nine species of Commelinaceae registered for the cangas of Serra dos Carajás, Pará state: Commelina benghalensis, C. erecta, C. obliqua, C. rufipes, Dichorisandra hexandra, D. villosula, Floscopa peruviana, Murdannia nudiflora, and Tripogandra diuretica.
Key words:
Commelina; threatened species; Pará state; taxonomy
