Dalbergia frutescens (Vellozo 1829: 283) Britton 1889: 324

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 : 256

19. Dalbergia frutescens (Vellozo 1829: 283) Britton 1889: 324 . ( Fig. 4A – Fig. 5A )

Distribution: It occurs in the Guianas, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela (Camargo 1997) and in Brazil it occurs across the country except in some states in the North region ( 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 from October to December and in fruit in February, March and October.

Diagnostic characteristics: Scandent shrubs with pinnate leaves recognized by a combination of characteristics: scandent habit, branches generally forming tendrils, axillary inflorescences and samaroid fruit.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 07 February 2019, (fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 344 ( UNOP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 13 February 2017, (fr.), L.C.P. Lima 883 ( EVB) .

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)

FIGURE 5. A: Dalbergia frutescens, branch with fruit; B: Desmodium adscendens, branch with fruit; C: Desmodium uncinatum, branch with fruit; D: Enterolobium contortisiliquum, branch with fruit; E and F: Erythrina falcata: E: branch; F: glandular stipules; G: Holocalyx balansae, fruit; H: Indigofera suffruticosa, branch with fruit; I: Inga marginata, branch with inflorescence; J: Machaerium nyctitans, stem with prickles.