Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel 1837: 393) Macbride (1919: 23)

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 : 251

3. Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel 1837: 393) Macbride (1919: 23) . ( Fig. 3B and C )

Distribution: It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela ( Sousa et al. 2010) and in Brazil, it occurs in practically the entire country ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it is found in the Foz do Iguaçu area.

Reproductive period: According to Sousa et al. (2010), it flowers in March and June to October and fruits throughout the year. In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in fruit in October and December.

Diagnostic characteristics: Trees with pinnate leaves recognized by their alternate leaflets, whitish petals and samaroid fruit.

Conservation: Native-VU.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 13 December 2018, (fr.), M. G. Caxambu 8808 ( HCF) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. A: Abarema langsdorffii, inflorescence; B and C: Apuleia leiocarpa: B: flower; C. gynoecium; D: Bauhinia forficata, branch with inflorescence; E: Bauhinia longifolia, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower G: Chamaecrista nictitans, branch with inflorescence; H: Cochliasanthus caracalla, fruit; I: Copaifera langsdorffii, branch with fruit; J: Cyclolobium brasiliense, branch with fruit.