Crotalaria micans Link (1822: 228)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 255

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.2

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scientific name

Crotalaria micans Link (1822: 228)
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15. Crotalaria micans Link (1822: 228) View in CoL . ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 )

Distribution: In Brazil it occurs in states of all regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Capanema and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in January and October, with flowers and fruits in April and May.

Diagnostic characteristics: Subshrubs with palmate, trifoliolate leaves, yellow flowers and inflated legume fruit; C. micans is recognized by its orbicular banner and erect or patent legumes.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 2, Capanema, 3 April 2019, (fl., fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 369 ( UNOP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 22 May 2015, (fl., fr.), M.G. Caxambu 6415 ( HCF) .

Flora do Brasil (2020) under construction. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Available from: http: // floradobrasil. jbrj. gov. br / (accessed 10 August 2019)

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FIGURE 2. A and B: Bauhinia forficata: A: flower; B: fruit; C and D: Calliandra foliolosa: C: branch with flower; D: flower; E: Cenostigma pluviosum, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower; G: Cochliasanthus caracalla, flower; H: Cratylia intermedia, inflorescence and fruit; I: Crotalaria micans, flower; J: Crotalaria pallida, inflorescence; K and L: Dahlstedtia muehlbergiana: K: branch with inflorescence; L: flower. (A–E; H–L Rauber CR 2018; F Wink, JG 2019; G Hentz-Junior, EJ 2019)

HCF

Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Crotalaria