Desmodium incanum (Swartz 1788: 107) Candolle (1825: 332)

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 : 257

22. Desmodium incanum (Swartz 1788: 107) Candolle (1825: 332) . ( Fig. 4D–F )

Distribution: Widely distributed in the Neotropics ( Vanni 2001); in Brazil it occurs throughout the country ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Foz do Iguaçu area and in Santa Tereza do Oeste in the Céu Azul area.

Reproductive period: It flowers and fruits throughout the year ( Lima et al. 2014). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in January and December.

Diagnostic characteristics: Prostrate subshrubs with pinnate, trifoliolate leaves, stipules fused together, lilac flowers and quadrangular articles.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Santa Tereza do Oeste, 30 January 2019, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 297 ( UNOP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 02 December 2018, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 229 ( UNOP) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. A: Dalbergia frutescens, branches with fruit; B and C: Desmodium affine: B: inflorescence; C: fruit; D, E and F: Desmodium incanum: D: branch with inflorescence; E: stipule; F: flower; G: Erythrina falcata, inflorescence; H: Gleditsia amorphoides, thorns; I: Inga marginata, branch with inflorescence; J: Inga striata, branch with inflorescence; K: Inga vera, branch with inflorescence; L: Lonchocarpus cultratus, branch with inflorescence. (Rauber CR 2018)