Schizaeales da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brasil

the chapada diamantina is part of the cadeia do espinha？o located in the center of bahia state. it lies within the caatinga biome and comprises 58 municipalities. this paper reports on a floristic survey, descriptions and illustrations of 11 species of schizaeales from the chapada diamantina, providing identification keys for families and species. these species were: anemia dentata gardner ex field & gardner, a. ferruginea humb. & bonpl. ex kunth, a. hirsuta (l.) sw., a. oblongifolia (cav.) sw., a. phyllitidis (l.) sw., a. rutifolia mart., a. tomentosa (savigny) sw. and a. villosa humb. & bonpl. ex willd., lygodium venustum sw., l. volubile sw., schizaea elegans (vahl) sw.