Chamaecrista nictitans ( Linnaeus 1753: 380 ) Moench (1794: 272)

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 : 254

11. Chamaecrista nictitans ( Linnaeus 1753: 380) Moench (1794: 272) . ( Fig. 3G )

Distribution: It occurs from Central America to Argentina ( Scalon et al. 2016) and in states of all regions in Brazil ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul area.

Reproductive period: According to Scalon et al. (2016) it flowers and fruits practically the entire year. In ParNa Iguaçu it was found flowering in March.

Diagnostic characteristics: Subshrubs with pinnate leaves of 20–88 leaflets, pedicel with two bracteoles, yellow flowers, androecium with 10 fertile stamens and elastically dehiscent fruit.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 2 March 2017, (fl.), M.G. Caxambu 7758 ( HCF, FURB) .

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.