Chamaecrista nictitans ( Linnaeus 1753: 380 ) Moench (1794: 272)

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 : 254

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scientific name	Chamaecrista nictitans ( Linnaeus 1753: 380 ) Moench (1794: 272)
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11. Chamaecrista nictitans ( Linnaeus 1753: 380) Moench (1794: 272) View in CoL . ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 )

Distribution: It occurs from Central America to Argentina ( Scalon et al. 2016) and in states of all regions in Brazil ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul area.

Reproductive period: According to Scalon et al. (2016) it flowers and fruits practically the entire year. In ParNa Iguaçu it was found flowering in March.

Diagnostic characteristics: Subshrubs with pinnate leaves of 20–88 leaflets, pedicel with two bracteoles, yellow flowers, androecium with 10 fertile stamens and elastically dehiscent fruit.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 2 March 2017, (fl.), M.G. Caxambu 7758 ( HCF, FURB) .

References

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

Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum, Vol. 2. Imprensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 561 - 1200.

Scalon, R. V., Paula-Souza, J. & Souza, V. C. (2016) Chamaecrista Moench. In: Wanderley, M. G. L., Shepherd, G. J., Melhem, T. S., Giulietti, A. M. & Martins, S. E. (Eds.) Flora fanerogamica do estado de Sao Paulo, Vol. 8. Instituto de Botanica, Sao Paulo, pp. 42 - 51.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A: Abarema langsdorffii, inflorescence; B and C: Apuleia leiocarpa: B: flower; C. gynoecium; D: Bauhinia forficata, branch with inflorescence; E: Bauhinia longifolia, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower G: Chamaecrista nictitans, branch with inflorescence; H: Cochliasanthus caracalla, fruit; I: Copaifera langsdorffii, branch with fruit; J: Cyclolobium brasiliense, branch with fruit.