Cenostigma pluviosum (Candolle 1825:483) Gagnon & Lewis 2016: 91

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

9. Cenostigma pluviosum (Candolle 1825:483) Gagnon & Lewis 2016: 91 . ( Fig. 2E )

Distribution: It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay ( Ulibarri 1996) and in states of all regions of Brazil, while in the South region, it occurs only in the state of Paraná and in the North region only in Pará ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it is found in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: It flowers from January to November and fruits from May to June ( Snak et al. 2012). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in fruit in January and July.

Diagnostic characteristics: Trees recognized by bipinnate, imparipinnate leaves, racemose inflorescences, yellow petals and dehiscent, legume fruit.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 11 January 2017, (fr.), M.G. Caxambu 7738 ( HCF); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 15 July 2017, (fr.), L.C.P. Lima 973 ( EVB) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A and B: Bauhinia forficata: A: flower; B: fruit; C and D: Calliandra foliolosa: C: branch with flower; D: flower; E: Cenostigma pluviosum, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower; G: Cochliasanthus caracalla, flower; H: Cratylia intermedia, inflorescence and fruit; I: Crotalaria micans, flower; J: Crotalaria pallida, inflorescence; K and L: Dahlstedtia muehlbergiana: K: branch with inflorescence; L: flower. (A–E; H–L Rauber CR 2018; F Wink, JG 2019; G Hentz-Junior, EJ 2019)