ABSTRACT
The biogeographic region named Atlantic Forest covers a part of the Brazilian coast and parts of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. This biome is considered an important hotspot and a priority for biodiversity conservation that accounts for 5% of the world's flora. Although only small fragments of the Atlantic Forest remain due to intense deforestation across the past five centuries, this area is biologically and chemically very rich.
Recent achievements on plants collected in the Atlantic Forest are reviewed.
