This study represents a taxonomic survey of class Bacillariophyceae diatoms found in samples collected in the Iguaçu River (Iguaçu National Park, municipality of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná, Brazil) between August 2007 and July 2008. Two sampling stations were utilized, the first located upstream of Iguaçu Falls (Cais Bananeiras Station) and second downstream of the falls (Cais Macuco Safari Station). The study resulted in the identification of 86 taxa, including 74 at the specific level and seven taxonomic varieties. Two of these had never before been documented in the state of Paraná: Gomphonema gibberum Hustedt and Pinnularia meridiana Metzeltin & Krammer. Nine are first-time records for Brazil: Cymbella charrua Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez, Placoneis ovillus Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez, Gomphonema affinopsis Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez, , Gomphosphenia lingulatiformis (Lange-Bertalot & Reichardt) Lange-Bertalot, Luticola aequatorialis (Heiden) Lange-Bertalot & Ohtsuka, Sellaphora garciarodriguezii Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot, Eolimna submuralis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot Kulikovskiy, Geissleria neosubtropica Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez and Stauroneis cf. sylviabonillae Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez.

Levantamento dos representantes da família Pinnulariaceae (Naviculales, Bacillariophyceae) do Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brasil. Foram identificados dois gêneros (Caloneis com 1 e Pinnularia com 12 espécies) e 20 táxons no total, distribuídos em 13 espécies e sete variedades não típicas de suas respectivas espécies. Uma variedade, Pinnularia brauniana (Grunow) Mills var. sanctipaulensis Rocha, é descrita como nova para a ciência. Pinnularia brauniana (Grunow) Mills var. sanctipaulensis Rocha e P. subgibba Krammer var. lanceolata Gaiser & Johanser são, geograficamente, as espécies mais bem distribuídas no PEFI por ocorrerem em 5 localidades cada; e Caloneis hyalina Hustedt, Pinnularia biceps Gregory var. biceps, P. grunowii Krammer, P. joculata (Manguin) Krammer, P. schoenfelderi Krammer, P. subanglica Krammer, P. tabellaria Ehrenberg e P. viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg var. viridis as menos bem representadas, por ocorrerem em uma localidade apenas cada uma.

Taxonomic survey of representatives of family Pinnulariaceae (Naviculales, Bacillariophyceae) in the Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil. Two genera (Caloneis with 1 and Pinnularia with 12 species) and 20 taxa altogether, including 13 species and seven varieties that are not the typical of their respective species were identified. One variety, Pinnularia brauniana (Grunow) Mills var. sanctipaulensis Rocha, is described as new to science. Pinnularia brauniana (Grunow) Mills var. sanctipaulensis Rocha and P. subgibba Krammer var. lanceolata Gaiser & Johanser are the best geographically represented species in the Parque area occurring in 5 localities, whereas and Caloneis hyalina Hustedt, Pinnularia biceps Gregory var. biceps, P. grunowii Krammer, P. joculata (Manguin) Krammer, P. schoenfelderi Krammer, P. subanglica Krammer, P. tabellaria Ehrenberg and P. viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg var. viridis are the least represented ones, been found in a single locality each.