ACTA AMAZONICA http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201402662 Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil Edson Gomes de MOURA JÚNIOR1*, Raíssa Maria Sampaio de PAIVA2, Angélica Cândida FERREIRA3, Lucília Dias PACOPAHYBA2, Aldaléa Sprada TAVARES4, Fernando Alves FERREIRA5, Arnildo POTT5 1 Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - Campus Ciências Agrárias, Biology Department, Rodovia BR 407, Lote 543 - Projeto de Irrigação Nilo Coelho s/n, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal de Roraima, Biology Department, Av. Capitão Ene Garcez 2413, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil. 3 Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Biology Department, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 4 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Campus Universitário Trindade, Botany Department, Rua Roberto Sampaio Gonzaga s/n, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. 5 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Graduate Program in Plant Biology, Cidade Universitária s/n, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. * Corresponding author:
[email protected] ABSTRACT Field collection and herbaria data did not allow to quantify the diversity of aquatic plants from Northern Brazil, so we could not detect biogeographic patterns. Therefore, our objectives were to identify and quantify the aquatic macrophytes of North Brazilian states, analyzing herbaria data plataforms (SpeciesLink and Flora do Brasil). The checklist was produced by bibliographic search (articles published between 1980 and 2000), herbaria collections of the platforms SpeciesLink and Flora do Brasil and field expeditions, where we utilized asystematic sampling. We also analyzed the floristic similarity of aquatic macrophytes among Northern Brazil, wetlands of distinct Brazilian regions and the Neotropics. We recorded 539 species, of which 48 are endemic to Brazil.