Galactia neesii De Candolle (1825: 238)

Ceolin, Guilherme B. & Miotto, Sílvia T. S., 2013, Synopsis of the genus Galactia (Phaseoleae, Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) in Brazil, Phytotaxa 134 (1), pp. 1-26 : 11

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.134.1.1

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scientific name

Galactia neesii De Candolle (1825: 238)
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20. Galactia neesii De Candolle (1825: 238) View in CoL . Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Pohl 3402 (lectotype BR!) ( Fig. View FIGURE 1

1D).

Galactia neesii var. macropoda (R.S. Cowan) Burkart (1971: 732) View in CoL .

Basyonim: Galactia macropoda R.S. Cowan (1961: 283–284) View in CoL . Type: — BRAZIL. Paraná: Lapa, Braga View in CoL & Lange 164 (holotype US, isotype SI!).

Galactia martii De Candolle (1825: 238) View in CoL . Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São João del Rey, Martius (lectotype M, 12722).

Galactia martii var. acuta Burkart (1971: 738) View in CoL . Type: — PARAGUAY. Misiones: Pedersen 5181 (holotype SI!).

Galactia stereophylla Harms (1923: 17) View in CoL . Type:— BRAZIL. Goiás, Glaziou 20900 (holotype F![photo]).

Galactia crassifolia (Bentham) Taubert (1894: 368) View in CoL .

Basyonim: Collaea crassifolia Bentham (1837: 65) View in CoL . Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais, Pohl 2895 (holotype W![photo]) .

Prostrate or erect herbs to subshrubs, only those individuals growing in the Chapada dos Veadeiros (GO) have a twining habit; leaflets elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate 68× 27 mm; keel petals ca. 14 mm long.

Selected specimen: — BRAZIL. Santa Catarina: Capão Alto , 28º08'S, 50º38'W, 12 January 2008, G. B. Ceolin 134 (ICN) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: — Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil (BA, DF, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RS, SC, SP).

Habitat and ecology:—Cerrado biome and higher altitude grasslands interspersed with forests of Araucaria angustifolia (Bertoloni) Kuntze (1895: 375) in southern Brazil (Mata Atlantica biome); usually growing in dry fields with rock outcrops (“campos rupestres”), at elevations of 300–1300 m, on sandy, clay and stony soil.

Notes:—the synonymy presented here under G. neesii is based on a review of the G. neesii - G. martii taxonomic complex by Ceolin & Miotto (2012).

Phenology:— Flowering and fruiting from October to March.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Galactia

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Galactia neesii De Candolle (1825: 238)

Ceolin, Guilherme B. & Miotto, Sílvia T. S. 2013
2013
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Galactia neesii var. macropoda (R.S. Cowan)

Burkart, A. 1971: )
1971
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Galactia martii var. acuta

Burkart, A. 1971: )
1971
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Galactia stereophylla

Harms, H. A. T. 1923: )
1923
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Galactia crassifolia (Bentham)

Taubert, P. H. W. 1894: )
1894
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