ABSTRACT
A floristic survey of the mountain ranges of the municipality Delfinópolis, located in the southwestern portion of Minas Gerais state, was carried through between April, 2002 to November, 2003 and two additional expeditions carried out in November, 2005 and October, 2006. All specimens are deposited at Herbarium Uberlandense (HUFU). The Melastomataceae are represented with 52 species distributed in 17 genera. Miconia (17 spp.) are the genera with the largest number of species followed by Microlicia (7 spp.), Leandra and Tibouchina (5 spp. each), Svitramia (4 spp.) and Cambessedesia (3 spp.). The genera Acisanthera, Chaetostoma, Clidemia, Comolia, Lavoisiera, Lithobium, Macairea, Marcetia, Ossaea, Pterolepis and Trembleya are represented by a single species each. Key to the species, descriptions, illustrations, distribution are given.
Key words:
cerrado; floristic survey; 'campo rupestre'