Macropsychanthus violaceus (Martius ex Bentham) Queiroz & Snak (2020:164)

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 : 265

39. Macropsychanthus violaceus (Martius ex Bentham) Queiroz & Snak (2020:164) ( Fig. 6D )

Distribution: The species is distributed in Argentina and Paraguay ( Burkart 1970); in Brazil it occurs in the states of the South, Southeast, Northeast regions and in Mato Grosso do Sul in the Central-west region ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Foz do Iguaçu area.

Reproductive period: In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in January.

Diagnostic characteristics: Lianas with 3-foliolate leaves that are differentiated by their hirsute, erect branches, inflorescences with nodules, up to 50 cm long, and legumes with woody valves.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 17 January 2019, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 283 ( UNOP) .

Figures

FIGURE 6.A:Lonchocarpus cultratus, flower; Band C:Machaerium hirtum:B: branch withinflorescence;C:fruit;D: Macropsychanthus violaceus, flower; E and F: Macroptilium erythroloma: E: inflorescence; F: infructescence; G and H: Mimosa pigra: G: branch with inflorescence; H: infructescence; I and J: Mucuna urens: I: branch with inflorescence; J: inflorescence; K: Parapiptadenia rigida, branch with fruit; L: Schnella microstachya, fruit. (Rauber CR 2018)