Senegalia velutina (Candolle 1825: 459) Seigler & Ebinger (2006: 77)

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 : 272

62. Senegalia velutina (Candolle 1825: 459) Seigler & Ebinger (2006: 77) . ( Fig. 8D )

Distribution: It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay ( Rico-Arce 2007); in Brazil it occurs in the South, Southeast and Northeast regions, from the state of Pernambuco to Rio Grande do Sul ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in all areas.

Reproductive period: According to Barros & Morim (2014) it flowers from October to April and fruits from December to August. In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in April and October to December and in fruit in April.

Diagnostic characteristics: Lianas with bipinnate leaves recognized by the prickles, sessile, oblong, extrafloral nectaries and spicate inflorescences.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 11 December 2015, (fl.), M.G. Caxambu 7147 ( HCF) ; Area 2, Capanema , 03 April 2019, (fl., fr.), C.R. Rauber et al. 373 ( UNOP) ; Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 02 December 2011, (fl.), L.G. Temponi et al. 1071 ( EVB, UNOP) .

Figures

FIGURE 8. A and B: Senegalia polyphylla: A. branch with inflorescence; B. nectary; C: Senegalia tucumanensis, inflorescence; D: Senegalia velutina, inflorescence; E and F: Senna macranthera: E: branch with inflorescence; F: flower; G and H: Senna obtusifolia: G: branch with inflorescence; H: flower; I and J: Senna occidentalis: I: branch with inflorescence; J: flower; K and L: Sesbania virgata: K. flowers; L: branch with fruit. (A–J; L Rauber CR 2018; K Wink, JG 2019)