Desmodium affine Schlechtendal 1838: 312

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87E7-FF8A-FFCF-92CA-EEEB1407FD81

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Desmodium affine Schlechtendal 1838: 312
status

 

21. Desmodium affine Schlechtendal 1838: 312 View in CoL . ( Fig. 4B–C View FIGURE 4 )

Distribution: It occurs from Mexico to Argentina ( Vanni 2001); in Brazil it occurs throughout the country ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in all areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers and fruits throughout the year ( Lima et al. 2014). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in February, March, July and from October to December and in fruit in July and November.

Diagnostic characteristics: Prostrate subshrubs with pinnate, trifoliolate leaves recognized by their ovate stipules and whitish flowers.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 13 December 2018, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 262 ( UNOP) ; Area 2, Serranópolis do Iguaçu , 22 March 2018, (fl.), E.L. Siqueira 2501 ( HCF) ; Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 27 October 2018, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 192 ( EVB, UNOP) .

HCF

Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Desmodium

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF