Fridericia mutabilis ( Bureau & Schumann 1896: 38 ) Frazão & Lohmann (2020: 296)

Hentz Júnior, Elmar J., Lohmann, Lúcia G., Caxambu, Marcelo G., Temponi, Lívia G. & Pires Lima, Laura C., 2022, Floristic Inventory of the Iguaçu and Iguazú National Parks (Brazil and Argentina): Bignoniaceae, Phytotaxa 570 (2), pp. 165-192 : 179

5.3. Fridericia mutabilis ( Bureau & Schumann 1896: 38) Frazão & Lohmann (2020: 296) ( Fig. 7 d ).

Diagnosis:— Fridericia mutabilis shares pink corollas with Fridericia chica , but can be recognized by the membranaceous calyces (vs. chartaceous in F. chica ), leaflets drying green (vs. leaflets drying red in F. chica ), and by the prominent fruit margin (vs. flat fruit margin in F. chica ).

Reproductive Period:— Flowers were collected from September to April, fruiting in September and November.

Distribution and Habitat:— It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay ( Lohmann 2010, Frazão & Lohmann 2020). Within the study area, it was registered in Céu Azul, Matelândia/Serranópolis do Iguaçu, Foz do Iguaçu, and in the PARNA Iguazú , seen as a liana in low parts of the plants that it climbed, also covering the entire soil in the region.

Selected Specimens Examined:— ARGENTINA. Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú: Puerto Iguazú , 14 December 2010, González 424 ( CTES!) . BRAZIL. Paraná, Parque Nacional do Iguaçu: Céu Azul, Trilha Manoel Gomes , 01 October 2015, Hammes 69 ( UNOP!) ; Foz do Iguaçu, Trilha Poço Preto , 25°37’18.3”S, 54°26’45.9”W, 11 October 2009, Temponi 646 ( UNOP!) . Serranópolis do Iguaçu , 21 September 2017, Siqueira 2320 ( HCF!) .

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FIGURE 7. Fridericiachica.A.Inflorescence.Fridericiaflorida.B.Flower detail.C. Inflorescence.Fridericiamutabilis. D.Inflorescence. Fridericia samydoides. E. Flower detail. Fridericia triplinervia. F. Inflorescence.