The objective of this work was to report the geographic distribution, new occurrences and symptoms caused by the
main species of nematodes collected from ornamental plants cultivated in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais,
Brazil. Nematodes were extracted from 5 g of roots by centrifugation method and identified under microscope with
the aid of a camera lucida for measurements. The most frequently occurring species were Meloidogyne javanica (38%
of all samples), M. incognita (19%) and Helicotylenchus dihystera (11%). Among the identified species, the following
associations constitute new records to Brazil: M. incognita in Gloxinia sp., Arundina graminifolia and Aptenia
cordifolia; M. javanica in A. graminifolia, Hibiscus spp., Gloxinia sp., Eustoma grandiflorum, Heliconia rostrata,
Graptophyllum pictum, Holmskioldia sanguinea and Exacum affine; Pratylenchus brachyurus in E. grandiflorum,
Cattleya sp. and different cultivars of Lilium sp.; Helicotylenchus dihystera in E. grandiflorum, Lilium sp., Impatiens
balsamina and A. cordifolia; H. multicinctus in Pachystachys lutea; H. pseudorobustus in Heliconia sp. and Cactodera
cacti in Schlumbergera sp.