Jacaranda micrantha Chamisso (1832: 554)

Hentz Júnior, Elmar J., Lohmann, Lúcia G., Caxambu, Marcelo G., Temponi, Lívia G. & Pires Lima, Laura C., 2022, Floristic Inventory of the Iguaçu and Iguazú National Parks (Brazil and Argentina): Bignoniaceae, Phytotaxa 570 (2), pp. 165-192 : 180

7.1. Jacaranda micrantha Chamisso (1832: 554) ( Fig. 9 e–f ).

Diagnosis:— Jacaranda micrantha can be recognized by the leaves with 7 to 9 pinna (vs. 4 to 6 in J. puberula and more than 12 in J. mimosifolia ) and leaflets with margins entire to undulated.

Reproductive Period:— Flowers were collected in September and October, fruiting in September and November.

Distribution and Habitat:— It occurs in Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil ( Gentry & Morawetz 1992, Lohmann 2010). Within the study area, it was registered in Céu Azul and in the PARNA Iguazú . Native in the Iguazú region. Following Gentry & Morawetz (1992), it was wrongly listed as endemic to Brazil in Flora do Brasil (2020).

Selected Specimens Examined:— ARGENTINA. Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú : Puerto Iguazú , 29 November 1995, Herrera , J 115 ( CTES!) . BRAZIL. Paraná, Parque Nacional do Iguaçu: Céu Azul , 22 September 2010, Pilatti 2 ( UNOP!) .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Handroanthus albus. A. Leaflets with serrated margins. Handroanthus chrysotrichus. B. Leaf with trichomes. C. Hirsute calyx. Handroanthus impetiginosus. D. Leaf. Jacaranda micrantha. E. Fruit. F. Leaf. Drawn by Thaís Marcon.