Crotalaria pallida Aiton (1789:20)

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 : 255

16. Crotalaria pallida Aiton (1789:20) . ( Fig. 2J )

Distribution: According to Flores (2004) this species is native to the Paleotropics and is cultivated in Brazil, occurring in states of all regions ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower and fruit in May.

Diagnostic characteristics: Subshrubs with palmate, trifoliolate leaves characterized by its ovate banner and pendulous legumes.

Conservation: Naturalized-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 24 May 2018, (fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 80 ( UNOP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 22 May 2015, (fl., fr.), M.G. Caxambu 6418 ( HCF) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A and B: Bauhinia forficata: A: flower; B: fruit; C and D: Calliandra foliolosa: C: branch with flower; D: flower; E: Cenostigma pluviosum, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower; G: Cochliasanthus caracalla, flower; H: Cratylia intermedia, inflorescence and fruit; I: Crotalaria micans, flower; J: Crotalaria pallida, inflorescence; K and L: Dahlstedtia muehlbergiana: K: branch with inflorescence; L: flower. (A–E; H–L Rauber CR 2018; F Wink, JG 2019; G Hentz-Junior, EJ 2019)