Galactia weddelliana Bentham (1859: 142)
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Felipe |
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Galactia weddelliana Bentham (1859: 142) |
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25. Galactia weddelliana Bentham (1859: 142) View in CoL . Type: — BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: Cuiabá, Weddell 2979 (holotype P) .
Erect subshrub; leaves unifoliolate; inflorescence sessile, with up to 5 flowers of 20 mm long, laxly arranged.
Selected specimen: — BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: Campo Verde , 19 October 1995, G. Hatschbach 63532 (MBM) .
Distribution: —Endemic to Brazil (MT).
Habitat and ecology:—Cerrado biome, growing in open grassland, often appearing after a burn, on clay and sandy soils. The species is rare, and forms only small populations. Illustrations in Burkart (1971, p. 761).
Phenology:— flowering and fruiting from September to February.
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