Heteropterys nordestina Amorim, 2003

Araújo, Diogo & Alves, Marccus, 2010, Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic Forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil), Phytotaxa 8, pp. 1-24 : 20

66. Heteropterys nordestina Amorim ( Fig. 2J )

Brazil (from Rio Grande to Norte ao Espírito Santo) Restingas and humid forests ( Amorim 2003).

Selected Vouchers:—Piedade, Araújo et al. 389 (IPA, UFP, ULM), Alves-Araújo & Albuquerque 323 (IPA, UFP).

Figures

FIGURE 2. A Adenocalymma hypostictum, discoid glands of the calyx. B. Gurania bignoniacea, urceolate calyx. C. Cayaponia tayuya, campanulate calyx. D. Melothria fluminensis, short laxiflorous raceme. E. Paullinia racemosa, fruit with oblong and apiculate wings. F. Paullinia trigonia, fruit with elliptical wings and absent apicule. G. Serjania subimpunctata, fruit with oblong wings. H. Serjania salzmanianna, fruit with ovate wings. I. Stigmaphyllon salzmanii, fertile branch with fruit showing the wing expansion facing the base. J. Heteropterys nordestina, fertile branch with fruit showing the wing expansion facing the apex. K–M. Leaves and detail of the colleters, K. Blepharodon nitidum, L. Mandevilla moricandiana, M. Matelea maritima. N. Coccoloba ochreolata, ochrea.