Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) E. Gagnon, H. C. Lima & G. P. Lewis, 2016

Gagnon, Edeline, Bruneau, Anne, Hughes, Colin E., de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci & Lewis, Gwilym P., 2016, A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae), PhytoKeys 71, pp. 1-160 : 27

4.1 Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) E. Gagnon, H. C. Lima & G. P. Lewis comb. nov. Figs 8 , 9

Basionym.

Caesalpinia echinata Lam., Encycl. 1: 461. 1785. Guilandina echinata (Lam.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 327. 1825.

Type.

[ BRAZIL] "In locis mari vicinis non apparet, sed tantum in mediterraneis silvis, unde magno labore ad littoralia vehitur" (Lectotype: [icon] "Ibirapitanga, sive Lignvm Rvbrvm" in Piso, De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica: 164. 1658, designated here) .

Epitype.

An epitype is to be selected in a subsequent paper focussing on the morphotypes of Paubrasilia echinata (De Lima et al., in prep.).

Caesalpinia vesicaria Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 172. 1829, Fl. Flumin. Icon. 4. t. 89. 1831. (" vessicaria "), non L. 1753..

Type. [BRAZIL], "Habitat silvis maritimis usque ad Molendinum Sacchariferum dictum Itacurussá” (Lectotype: [icon] " Cæsalpinia vessicaria " in Velloso, Fl. Flumin. Icon. 4: t. 89. 1831).

Caesalpinia obliqua Vogel in Linnaea 11: 407. 1837.

Type: BRAZIL, Sellow s.n. (holotype? B †; isotype P02142646!).

Figures

Figure 8. Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) E. Gagnon, H. C. Lima & G. P. Lewis. A inflorescences and foliage B leaflet undersurface C bark armature (front and side views) D flower E flower l. s. F median petal G upper lateral petal H lower lateral petal I stamen J gynoecium K stigma L fruit M single valve of dehisced fruit N seedling. A from Glaziou 6839 B, K from Angeli 201 C, M from Lewis et al. 1634 D from Lima et al. 2705 E-J from Ducke 20623 L from Mell s. n., N from Lewis et al. 1624. Drawn by Tim Galloway.

Figure 9. Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) E. Gagnon, H. C. Lima & G. P. Lewis. A flowers (H. C. Lima, Brazil, Lima et al. 2705 (RB )) B fruits (G. P. Lewis, Brazil, unvouchered) C prickles on woody protuberances on a young trunk (E. Gagnon, Bahia, Brazil, Lima et al. 7909 (RB )) D habit (L. P. de Queiroz, Bahia, Brazil, unvouchered) E fluted trunk of a mature individual (E. Gagnon, Bahia, Brazil, Lima et al. 7894 (RB) F cross section of the trunk, showing dark red heartwood (E. Gagnon, Espirito Santo, Brazil, unvouchered), G inflorescences (L. P. de Queiroz, Bahia, Brazil, unvouchered).