Machaerium paraguariense Hassler (1907: 358)

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 : 263

37. Machaerium paraguariense Hassler (1907: 358) . ( Fig. 7A )

Distribution: In Brazil it occurs in the South, Southeast, Central-west regions and in Bahia in the Northeast ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers in January and fruits in August and November ( Sartori & Tozzi 1998). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in November and in fruit in March.

Diagnostic characteristics: Trees with pinnate leaves recognized by a combination of characteristics: glabrescent leaflets with an acute apex and samara fruits that vary between oblong to falciform ( Sartori & Tozzi 1998).

Conservation: Native-LC.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 02 March 2017, (fr.), M.G. Caxambu 7752 ( EVB, HCF, FURB); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 01 July 2017, (fr.), L.C.P. Lima 917 ( EVB) .

Figures

FIGURE 7. A: Machaerium paraguariense, branch; B: Machaerium stipitatum, branch with fruit; C: Mimosa bimucronata, branch with fruit; D: Mimosa candollei, fruit; E: Mimosa prionopus, fruit; F: Mucuna urens, fruit; G: Muellera campestris, branch with inflorescence; H: Myrocarpus frondosus, branch with inflorescence; I: Nissolia brasiliensis, branch with flower and fruit; J: Peltophorum dubium, fruit.