Abstract
Orchidaceae of the Fazendinha Enviromental Protection Area, Amapa, Brazil. The family Orchidaceae is composed of perennial herbaceous plants with diverse morphology and are distributed throughout the globe, making up one of the largest plant families. Despite this great biological diversity, large portions of the area that never were inventoried and Brazil, specifically in the Amazon. The state of Amapa has the Environmental Protection Area of Fazendinha that never was study about the orchid flora. Thus, this study aimed to conduct a floristic-taxonomic survey to species of Orchidaceae in the area, located between the cities of Macapa and Santana, in the Amapa. Was produced an identification key and a brief description of each species of orchid. Voucher was deposited in the Herbarium of the Institute of Scientific and Technological Research of the State of Amapa (HAMAB). Were identified in 14 genera and 21 species of orchids. Among the species found, there is the first record of Vanilla cribbiana for Amapa. Keywords : Amazon; biodiversity; Floodplains forest; Orchidologic flora; Taxonomy
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