Schnella microstachya Raddi (1820: 33)

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 : 269

54. Schnella microstachya Raddi (1820: 33) . ( Fig. 6L )

Distribution: It occurs in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Belize, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia ( Fortunato 1986); in Brazil it occurs in states of all regions, but in the Central-west region only in Goiás and in the North only in Acre ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers from January to April and fruits from April to June ( Fortunato 1986). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found with fruit in March, April and June.

Diagnostic characteristics: Lianas with tendrils, leaves unifoliolate and bilobed, with a reddish blade when young.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 26 June 2019, (fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 407 ( UNOP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 29 April 2017, (fr.), L.C.P. Lima 935 ( EVB) .

Figures

FIGURE 6.A:Lonchocarpus cultratus, flower; Band C:Machaerium hirtum:B: branch withinflorescence;C:fruit;D: Macropsychanthus violaceus, flower; E and F: Macroptilium erythroloma: E: inflorescence; F: infructescence; G and H: Mimosa pigra: G: branch with inflorescence; H: infructescence; I and J: Mucuna urens: I: branch with inflorescence; J: inflorescence; K: Parapiptadenia rigida, branch with fruit; L: Schnella microstachya, fruit. (Rauber CR 2018)