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A TAXONOMIC REVIEW AND A NEW SPECIES OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN

WOODY GENUS AMBURANA (LEGUMINOSAE, PAPILIONOIDEAE)
ELIDIENE P. SELEME1*, GWILYM P. LEWIS2, CHARLES H. STIRTON3, ÂNGELA L. B. SARTORI4 & VIDAL
F. MANSANO5
1
Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de
Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460-030, Brazil.
2
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
3
Bolus Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa.
4
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Caixa Postal 549,
79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
5
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ. Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
22460-030, Brazil.
*Author for correspondence: elidiene.bio@gmail.com

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the South American genus Amburana comprised of three species is presented, including the new
species A. erythrosperma which is described and illustrated. Amburana cearensis occurs widely in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
and Paraguay. Amburana acreana occurs in the Bolivian, Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon. Amburana erythrosperma is en-
demic to the southern Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. The species are distinguished by the color of the stem, the number
per leaf and shape of leaflets, the size of inflorescence, color and size of the standard petal, fruit with endocarp developed
to form a papery wing surrounding the seed or this lacking, and color of seed. A key to the species is provided together with
descriptions, taxonomic comments, geographical distribution maps and illustrations for each. Lectotypes for A. acreana and
A. cearensis are designated.

Key Words: Biodiversity, Fabaceae, taxonomy

Resumo

Neste trabalho apresentamos a revisão taxonômica do gênero Amburana, com a descrição e ilustração de A. erythrosperma,
uma nova espécie para o gênero. São reconhecidas três espécies para o gênero, que é considerado endêmico da América do
Sul. Amburana cearensis distribui-se amplamente na Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil e Paraguai; A. acreana ocorre na Amazônia
boliviana, brasileira e peruana. Amburana erythrosperma, a nova espécie descrita aqui, é endêmica da Bahia, conhecida
apenas no sul da Chapada Diamantina, Brasil. As espécies são distinguidas pela cor do caule, pelo número e formato dos
folíolos, tamanho da inflorescência, cor e tamanho do estandarte, fruto com endocarpo desenvolvido formando uma ala
papirácea envolvendo a semente ou não e cor da semente. Uma chave para identificar todas as espécies reconhecidas em
Amburana é fornecida, assim como descrições, comentários taxonômicos, mapas de distribuição geográfica e ilustrações
para cada espécie. Também foram realizadas as lectotipificações de A. acreana e A. cearensis.

Introduction

Amburana Schwacke & Taubert (1894: 387) is a South American genus of woody plants, widely distributed across
Brazil, and also occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru. There are three species described, occurring in
many different environments ranging from savannas and seasonally dry forests to seasonally flooded areas to the
Amazon Basin. The genus is characterised by its imparipinnate leaves with alternate leaflets, flowers with a long and
tubular hypanthium and a single petal (the standard), free stamens, and a fruit with only one (less often two) distal
seeds contained within a paleaceous endocarp envelope, or free and lacking the paleaceous endocarp (Queiroz 2009).
The genus was originally described in 1864 by Freire Allemão as Torresea, based on Torresea cearensis. However,

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Torresea is considered a later homonym of a genus of Poaceae: Torresia Ruiz & Pavón (1794: 125) (see Allemão
1864). Schwacke & Taubert established the genus Amburana, based on A. claudii (1894: 387). They did not mention
Torresea cearensis described by Allemão (1864: 17).
Amburana acreana Ducke (1935: 205) was described under the name Torresia acreana, and taxonomic differences
were presented to distinguish it from T. cearensis.
The supra-generic taxonomy of Amburana has also changed over time. When first described, Schwacke &
Taubert (1894) placed the genus in the tribe Amherstieae of Caesalpinioideae and considered it closely related to the
Amazonian genus Eperua (Aublet 1775: 369). Harms (1897) suggested, however, that the genus should be placed in
tribe Sophoreae of subfamily Papilionoideae. Polhill (1981) also placed the genus in Sophoreae, in the Myroxylon
group. Wojciechowski et al. (2004) confirmed the proximity of Amburana to Myroxylon (Linnaeus 1782: 233) and
related genera, based on phylogenetic analysis of plastid DNA sequences. Ireland (2005) placed Amburana in the
Swartzieae in an Aldinoid clade pro parte, comprised of basally branching non 50kb inversion genera sister to elements
of the Sophoreae sens. lat. and Dipterygeae (Aldinoid clade of Ireland et al. 2000, pro parte). Cardoso et al. (2012;
2013) proposed a new clade (Amburaneae) comprised of Amburana, Myroxylon, Myrocarpus (Allemão 1847: 5),
Myrospermum (Jacquin 1760: 4), Cordyla (Loureiro 1790: 411), Dussia (Krug & Urban ex Taubert 1892: 193) and
Mildbraediodendron (Harms in Mildbraed 1911: 241).
The taxonomy of Amburana has never been comprehensively studied. Most of the published studies of the genus
are in regional floras, and none of them provide an identification key for the genus as a whole. Smith (1940), in a
short note about the genus, proposed the synonymization of Torresea with Amburana; and highlighted differences
in geographical distribution and morphology between A. cearensis and A. acreana, considering them to be distinct.
Macbride (1943), in his study of the Peruvian Flora, proposed the down-ranking of Amburana acreana Ducke to a
variety of A. cearensis. Burkart (1952), in his study of Argentinean legumes, presented a description and an illustration
of A. cearensis (the only species of the genus occurring in Argentina) and also mentioned A. acreana. Bernardi (1984),
for the Flora of Paraguay, proposed placing A. claudii as a synonym of A. cearensis. He also presented data on uses,
ecology, and geographical distribution and included an illustration of A. cearensis. Only Lewis et al. (2005) and
Queiroz (2009) mentioned the occurrence of an undescribed species from Bahia state (Brazil), that is here described
and illustrated.
This study is a taxonomic revision of Amburana, presenting an identification key to the species, as well as
descriptions, illustrations, information on phenology, geographical distribution, habitat and taxonomic notes.

Material and Methods

The study was based on a literature review, and a morphological analysis of vegetative and reproductive characters of
specimens deposited in the following herbaria: Argentina: LIL; Brazil: ALCB, CEN, CEPEC, CGMS, COLOR, CPAP,
CSTR, CVRD, EAC, ESA, HRB, HUEFS, IBGE, ICN, IPA, JPB, MBM, MG, PEUFR, R, RB, SP, SPF, UEC, UFP,
UFRN, VIC; France: P; United Kingdom: E, K; United States of America: MO, NY. The herbarium acronyms are cited
according to Index Herbariorum (Thiers 2014). Newly collected specimens by the first author are mainly deposited in
RB.
Original descriptions of all taxa studied (including their synonyms) and comparison with type material were
used for specimen identification. The terminology used to describe indumentum type and morphology of vegetative
and reproductive structures was based on Font Quer (1953), Radford et al. (1974), Harris & Harris (1994) and Stearn
(2004).
The specimens were analyzed using a stereomicroscope and measurements of morphological structures were
taken using a digital caliper.
Flower and pedicel measurements were taken from pre-anthesis flowers, while component floral structure
measurements were obtained from flower buds in late developmental stage. Information about geographical distribution,
phenology and preferred habitat were obtained from the specimen labels, from the botanical literature and from direct
field observations. The distribution map was compiled using an Electronic Grid and Diva-Gis 7.5 software.

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Taxonomy

Amburana Schwacke & Taubert (1894: 387). Type:—Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A. C. Smith.

Trees 3–40 m tall, 20–150 cm in diameter; trunk with exfoliating and sweetly scented papery bark, and a dark exudate
with a strong odor of coumarin when cut, young branches cylindrical, slightly striate, with white lenticels, glabrous.
Leaves alternate, distichous, imparipinnate; petioles usually cylindrical and not grooved; pulvinules rarely grooved;
stipules present only on seedlings, caducous; leaflets 7–25 per leaf, subopposite, ovate to elliptic, base rounded and
apex rounded or acuminate, margin entire, venation camptodromus-brochidodromous, the midrib prominent on both
surfaces, but more so abaxially. Inflorescences paniculate, axillary or terminal; stems slightly striate, bracteoles
caducous; pedicel 2–5 mm long; calyx slightly 5-toothed, glabrous basally, green, 1–2 mm long, including a tubular
hypanthium of 5–7 × 1 mm; corolla with a single adaxial petal (the standard), white or pale yellow, petal blade usually
rounded, petal claw short, sericeous to pilose adaxially; androecium with 10 stamens, these partially adnate to the
hypanthium, the 5 longer ones ascending, the 5 shorter ones not ascending; anthers yellow; ovary long-stipitate, stipe
partially adnate to the hypanthium, the free portion ca. 3 mm long, densely pilose, 2-ovuled, style ca. 8 mm long,
curved; stigma punctate. Fruit a cryptosamara with an apical seed chamber, oblong, wrinkled reticulate, dehiscing
apically into two valves, endocarp developed into a papery wing surrounding the seed, or the endocarp not forming
a winged envelope that surrounds the exposed seeds; seeds 1 (rarely 2), ovoid, black or red, smooth; the embryo
exalbuminous, the cotyledons plano-convex, base cordate.

Key to the species of Amburana

1. Stem rust colored, leaflets (17–25 per leaf) ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, flowers laxly arranged in the inflorescence (inflores-
cence 4–10 cm long) ........................................................................................................................................................... A. acreana
- Stem brown, leaflets (7–15 per leaf) elliptic to ovate, apex emarginate, flowers congested (inflorescence 2–5 cm long) ...............2
2. Standard apex emarginate, membranous endocarp surrounding the black seed and forming a papery wing ................. A. cearensis
- Standard apex deeply emarginate, membranous endocarp partly developed, seed red without a papery wing ...... A. erythrosperma

1. Amburana acreana (Ducke) A. C. Smith (1940: 62)

Basionym: Torresia acreana Ducke (1935: 205). Type:—BRAZIL. Acre: Seringal Iracema, Rio Acre, em ilha não inundável, May 1933,
A. Ducke 23769 (lectotype, designated here, RB547648!, isolectotypes K000500808! NY00033875! P03207065!) (Figs. 1 & 2).

Tree to ca. 30 m tall. Stems smooth, rust colored. Leaves 15–35 cm long; petiole 14–17 mm long, pilose; leaflets 17–25
per leaf, 8–6 × 2–3 cm, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded, midrib raised on the abaxial surface.
Inflorescence lax, axillary or terminal, 4–10 cm long; peduncle 1.5–3 cm long, bracteoles ovate, pilose; flowers 10–18
mm long; standard petal white, 10–15 mm long, pilose adaxially; calyx campanulate, glabrescent, teeth shallow;
stamens 10, filaments curved upwards, 5 vexillary, ca. 1 mm long, 5 abaxial, ca. 6 mm long; ovary ca. 4 mm long,
glabrous. Fruit linear-oblong, 5–7 × 0.6–1 cm, a membranous endocarp surrounding the seed and forming a papery
wing; seeds 1 (2) in the distal portion of the fruit, ellipsoid, 12–14 × 7–9 × 2–3 mm, black.
Distribution and habitat:—Amburana acreana occurs in the Amazonian Basin of northern Brazil (Acre and
Rondonia states), Bolivia and Peru, on or near river banks, in rain forest, usually terra firme forest, but it may occur in
periodically flooded areas (Fig. 7).
Phenology:—Flowering March to October, fruiting April to October.
Taxonomy:—Amburana acreana can be distinguished from the other two species by its rust colored, darker
stems (versus brown in A. cearensis and A. erythrosperma); the number of leaflets per leaf (17–25 versus 7–15 in
A. cearensis and 7–13 in A. erythrosperma); leaflet shape (ovate-lanceolate versus elliptic to ovate in A. cearensis
and A. erythrosperma), leaflet apex (acuminate versus obtuse to retuse in A. cearensis and A. erythrosperma); and
the larger, 4–10 cm long and laxly branched inflorescence (versus 2–5 cm long and congested in A. cearensis and A.
erythrosperma).
In the description of the species, both fruiting and sterile material was used. The material deposited in RB is
designated here as lectotype, because it is complete and morphologically representative material collected by Ducke.

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FIGURE 1. Amburana acreana. A–B. Flowers and flower buds (Photos: V. F. Mansano).

Specimens examined:—BOLIVIA. La Paz: S. Yungas, Base do Rio Bopi, 690–750 m, 27–31 July 1939, B. A.
Krukoff s.n. (K). BRAZIL. Acre: Mâncio Lima, Alto Rio Moa, parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, comunidade do
Igarapé Bruquinez, 217 m, 7°27’19”S, 73°38’80”W, 14 November 2007, H. C. de Lima et al. 6727 (RB). Espírito
Santo, Linhares, Rodovia BR 101 km 139, CULTIVADA área particular, 20 June 2011, E. P. Seleme et al. 462 (RB).
Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA Canteiro 14-A, 05 May 2005, L. F.
G. da Silva et al. 59 (RB); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA Canteiro 14-A, 16 June
1989, V. F. Gonçalves s.n. (RB); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA Canteiro 14-A, 25
April 1986, H. C. de Lima et al. 2682 (RB, HUEFS); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA
Canteiro 14-A, 10 October 1984, H. C. de Lima 2164 (RB); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro,
CULTIVADA Canteiro 14-A, 26 October 1983, H. C. de Lima 2073 (RB). Rondônia: Alvorada do Oeste, Linha 64, a
04 km da BR 429 em direção a Costa Marques, 11°25’S, 62°30’W, 01 May 1987, C. A. C. Ferreira 8980 (K); Costa
Marques, cerca de 5 km NW de Costa Marques, 150 m, 12°25’S, 64°14’W, 29 March 1987, M Nee 34551 (K); Eixo
JP 14, 9°15’S, 61°50’W, 21 October 1987, S. Romaniuc Neto et al. 687 (HUEFS, MBM, SP, SPF). PERU. Echarate:
San Antonio, 1036 m, 12°38’56”S, 72°55’25”W, 23 March 2006, L. Valenzuela et al. 6698 (K, MO); San Antonio, Rio
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Sapapoari, 1030 m, 12°38’56”S, 72°55’25”W, 23 March 2006, J. Farfán et al. 968 (K, MO); San Antonio, Cirialo,
1320 m, 12°39’59”S, 72°54’39”W, 25 March 2006, I. Huamantupa et al. 7387 (K, MO); San Antonio, Cirialo, 1320 m,
12°39’59”S, 72°54’39”W, 24 March 2006, I. Huamantupa et al. 7379 (K, MO) - Leoncio Prado: Huanuco, Província
Panao, distrito Pachitea, 26 July 1962, R. L. Magin 22 (K); Huanuco, Província Pachitea, distrito Honoria, 220 m, 04
April 1964, R. L. Magin 126 (K); Manu: Manu, Parque Nacional Manu, Rio Manu, Pakitsa Estação, Tachigali Trail
para 8 km N do campo, 350 m, 11°56’S, 71°16’W, 25 December 1988, R. B. Foster & S. Baldeon 12804 (K, US); San
Martin: Chazuta, Rio Huallaga, 260 m, April 1935, G. Klug 4064 (K); Tarapoto, December 1856, R. Spruce 4959
(K); Ucayali: Pucallpa, Pucallpa para Tingo Maria km 85, reserva Von Humboldt, 250 m, 8°48’12”S, 75°03’79”W,
5 August 2001, T. D. Pennington & A. Daza 17174 (K); Pucallpa para Tingo Maria km 85, reserva Von Humboldt,
250–350 m, 8°48’12”S, 75°03’79”W, 24 September 2000, T. D. Pennington et al. 16994 (K).

FIGURE 2. Amburana acreana. A. Branch with leaves; B. Inflorescence; C. Leaflet (adaxial face); D. Detail of midvein in C; E–F.
Bracteole (abaxial and adaxial face, respectively); G. Flower bud; H. Flower in side view; J. Flower (with the petal removed) in side view
showing the stamens and carpel; K. Standard (adaxial face); L. Longitudinal section of flower showing hypanthium and stamen insertion;
M. Fruits; N. Winged seed (A from L. F. G. da Silva et al. 59, B–L from S. Romaniuc Neto et al. 687, M–N from T. D. Pennington et al.
16994). Drawn by Ana L. Souza.

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2. Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A. C. Smith (1940: 62)

Basionym: Torresea cearensis Allemão (1864:115). Type:—BRAZIL, Ceará, 9 July 1859, Freire-Allemão s.n. (lectotype, designated here,
R2890!, isolectotype RB540437!).
Amburana claudii Schwacke & Taub. (1894: 387). Type:—BRAZIL, April 1883, A. Glaziou 13721. (holotype NY452226, isotype
K000892017!) (Figs. 3 & 4).

FIGURE 3. Amburana cearensis. A. Fruits and seeds; B. Flowers and flower buds (Photos: E. P. Seleme).

Tree 5–20 m. Stems smooth, brown, 15–100 cm in diameter; branches reddish brown cylindrical. Leaves 7–25 cm long;
petiole 9–17 mm long; leaflets 7–15 per leaf, alternate, 3–6 × 2.5–3 cm, elliptic to ovate, base rounded, apex obtuse to

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retuse, glabrous adaxially, glabrous to pubescent abaxially, midrib prominent on the abaxial surface. Inflorescence a
congested panicle, terminal or axillary, 2–5 cm long; peduncle 1.5–3 cm long; flowers 10–17 mm long; standard petal
white, pinkish or yellowish, sericeous, 5–6 × 5–6 mm, base cordate, apex emarginate, claw about 1 mm long; bracteoles
ovate, pilose; calyx campanulate, truncate; filaments ascending, vexillary stamens 5, ca. 1 mm long, abaxials stamens
5, ca. 6 mm long; ovary ca. 4 × 1 mm, glabrous, stipe adnate to the hypanthium. Fruit linear-oblong, 5–7 × 0.6–1 cm,
a membranous endocarp surrounding the seed(s); seeds 1 (2) at the distal end of the fruit, ellipsoid, 12–14 × 7–9 mm,
black.

FIGURE 4. Amburana cearensis. A. Branch with leaves and inflorescence; B. Part inflorescence in bud; C. Leaflet (adaxial face); D.
Detail of C; E. Standard (adaxial face); F. Anther; G. Stamens; H. Calyx and hypanthium; J. Flower, side view; K. Bracteole; L. Flower
bud; M. Style and stigma; N. Gynoecium; P. Longitudinal section of flower showing hypanthium; Q. Winged seed; R. Fruit (A–N from J.
R. I. Wood et al. 19592, P–R from J. R. I. Wood 10671). Drawn by Angela J. Beaumont.

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 Distribution and habitat:—Amburana cearensis occurs in the Brazilian Northeast, Southeast and Midwest, in
the dry savanna woodlands, Cerrado, Caatinga, Chaco, dry forest enclaves, deciduous and occasionally semi-deciduous
forests, and extends to Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. The species occurs in the majority of cases in plateau areas
ranging from elevations of 500–1000 m and it is associated with deep, richer soils or poor soils that are restricted to
places with calcareous outcrops (Cerrado) (Leite 2005). This distribution coincides with the Pleistocene arc (Prado &
Gibbs 1993), which encompasses different areas of dry forests relict in the Neotropics (Figure 7).
Phenology:—Flowering and fruiting February to December.
Taxonomy:—Amburana cearensis is distinguished from other species by its brown stem (versus rust colored
in A. acreana); number of leaflets per leaf (7–15, versus 17–25), size and shape of leaflets (elliptic to ovate, apex
obtuse to retuse, base rounded, versus ovate-lanceolate, and apex acuminate in A. acreana); inflorescence 2–5 cm long
(versus 4–10 cm long in A. acreana); a membranous endocarp surrounding the black seed (versus endocarp only partly
developed and not surrounding the red seed in A. erythrosperma).
Two names have been published for this species. Torresea cearensis would be expected to have priority based on
its earlier publication (Allemão 1864) over Amburana claudii published later (Schwacke & Taub. 1894), but Torresea
is considered a later homonym of the grass genus Torresia Ruiz & Pav. (Poaceae) and is thus unavailable for use for
the legume genus. The accepted name for the taxon under study is thus Amburana cearensis (Smith 1940).
No holotype was designated by Freire-Allemão when he described the species. We here designate a lectotype
based on the similarity between the voucher specimen selected and the plate made by the author of the species in his
original description.
Specimens examined:—ARGENTINA. Jujuy: Ledesma, 29 October 1911 (LIL); Salta, Orán, Entrando al dique
Itayaro, 17 March 1972, P. R. Legname & A. E. Cuezzo 9070 (LIL); San Martín, Caraparí, 22 February 1954, T. Meyer
18174 (LIL); Urundel, Camino de Urundel a Fl Bananal, próximo a Fl Bananal, 08 November 1979, P. R. Legname et
al. 7240 (LIL). BOLIVIA. Chuquisaca: Boeto, ascendente de Rio Grande para Nuevo Mundo, 12 February 1996, J. R.
I. Wood 10671 (K); Boeto, 41 km no caminho de Serrano para Valle Grande, passando pela comunidade de Nuevo
Mundo, 01 April 2003, J. R. I. Wood et al. 19592 (K, HSB). Santa Cruz: Velasco, Zona mayormente de Ilanura com
Bosque Secho Chiquitano, 546 m, 16.7312°S, 60.7248°W, 27 April 2009, J. R. I. Wood et al. 26179 (K, USZ). Tarija:
Gran Chaco, 49.2 km (pela estrada) E de Palos Blancos, para Villa Montes, 559 m, 21°13’49”S, 63°34’29”W, 26
March 2007, M. Nee & R. Flores 54951 (K). BRAZIL. Alagoas: Pão de Açúcar, Caminho para Entremontes, próximo
ao alagado na beira da estrada, 05 May 2002, R. P. Lyra-Lemos et al. 6738 (HUEFS, MAC); Piranhas, Fazenda Picus,
15 July 2001, R. A. Silva 1790 (UFP). Bahia: Abaíra, 500m na rodovia Abaíra/Catoles, 13°15’S, 41°40’W, 06 January
1994, B. B. Klitgaard & F. C. P. Garcia 79 (AAU, K, RB); Aracatu, estrada que liga Umburanas a Ourives, 14°07’S,
41°24’W, 27 March 1984, J. E. M. Brazão 282 (K, HRB, RB); Barra, Médio São Francisco, Fazenda do Brejo, 16 June
2007, M. L. Guedes et al. 14466 (ALCB); Barreiras, August 1989, M. B. Santos 12 (ALCB); Barreiras, APA - Bacia do
Rio de Janeiro, Povoado Vau do Teiú, 27 September 2006, T. F. Nogueira 07 (ALCB); Barreiras, Vale do Rio das
Ondas, cerca de 10 km W de Barreiras, 02 March 1971, H. S. Irwin et al. 31341 (MBM, NY); Barro Alto, Comunidade
de Lagoa Funda, Fazenda Lagoa Branca, 11°45’12”S, 41°50’8”W, 08 April 2002, T. S. Nunes et al. 924 (HUEFS,
MBM); Botuporã, 13°16’S, 42°23’W, 21 March 1984, L. C. Oliveira Filho & J. C. A. Lima 111 (HRB, RB); Brotas de
Macaúbas, Associação Comunitária de Jatobá, 12°13’55”S, 42°31’29”W, 10 April 2001, T. S. Nunes et al. 268 (CEN,
HUEFS); Brumado, Cerca de 23 km na rodovia de Brumado para Livramento do Brumado, 28 December 1989, A. M.
Carvalho et al. 2674 (CEPEC, K, MBM); Caldeirão Grande, Rio São Francisco, cerca de 32 km N.E. para Bom Jesus
da Lapa, 498 m, 13°10’S, 43°13’W, 18 April 1980, R. M. Harley et al. 21516 (UEC, K, RB); Campo Alegre de
Lourdes, Estrada para Pitomba, cerca de 8 km de Campo Alegre de Lourdes, 9°30’13”S, 43°2’40”W, 14 June 2001, T.
S. Nunes et al. 373 (HUEFS); Campo Alegre de Lourdes, cerca de 36 km da cidade e a 2 km do povoado Pitomba,
9°26’25”S, 43°12’3”W, 29 April 2001, R. M. Harley et al. 54381 (HUEFS); Campo Formoso, Arredores de Olho
d’água das Pombas, 10°6’14”S, 40°36’23”W, 14 May 1999, F. França et al. 2924 (HUEFS); Central, Fazenda
Guaxamim, 30 December 1984, (RB, TEPB); Coribe, cerca de 5 km S em estrada de terra que cruza pequeno ramal
que sai a 5,1 km E de Ponto d’água, 13°35’10”S, 44°19’12”W, 11 April 2007, L. P. Queiroz et al. 12833 (HUEFS, RB);
Ibipitanga, Próximo a sede do município, 12°52’S, 42°28’W, 22 March 1984, H. P. Bautista & O. A. Salgado 866
(ALCB, HUEFS, MBM, MG, HRB); Ibipitanga, Estrada para Jurema, 12°54’19”S e 42°29’24”W, 03 July 2007, D.
Cardoso et al. 2094 (HUEFS); Jussiape, cerca de 5 km N da cidade na estrada para Caraguataí, 650 m, 13°30’20’S,
41°36’8”W, 29 June 2007, D. Cardoso 2079 (HUEFS); Licínio de Almeida, Tigre, 24 October 2001, S. M. de Faria et
al. 2231 (RB); Livramento do Brumado, Cerca de 6 km W da estrada de Livramento, entrando cerca de 13,4 km S, 936
m, 13°47’17”S, 41°50’4”W, 15 June 2002, L. P. Queiroz et al. 7075 (HUEFS, RB); Maracás, Faz. Tanquinho, cerca de
20 km N de Maracás, 13°26’19”S, 40°26’2”W, 14 April 2007, D. Cardoso et al. 1798 (HUEFS); Mata de São João,
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Vila Sauípe, horto, viveiro Fazenda Sauípe, 08 July 2002, E. von S. Medeiros et al. 110 (RB); Monte Santo, Fazenda
Pedra d’água, 424 m, 10°22’36”S, 39°25’31”W, 31 March 2000, M. R. Fonseca et al. 1372 (ALCB, CEN, CGMS,
HUEFS, RB, SPF); Morro do Chapéu, Distrito de Tamboril, 446 m, 04 April 1986, A. M. Carvalho et al. 2410 (CEPEC,
K, MBM, RB); Morro do Chapéu, cerca de 2 km da Comunidade Gruta dos Brejões, 457 m, 11°0’53”S, 41°24’20”W,
02 May 2007, D. Cardoso 2047 (HUEFS, RB); Morro do Chapéu, cerca de 2 km da Comunidade Gruta dos Brejões,
11°0’53”S, 41°24’19”W, 04 May 2007, D. Cardoso & R. M. Santos 1809 (HUEFS, RB); Morro do Chapéu, Parque
Estadual Morro do Chapéu, 454 m, 11°29’35”S, 41°19’40”W, 25 August 2006, L. Damascena et al. 07 (HUEFS);
Paramirim, Caminho Catuarama/Mateus, 414 m, 13°17’50”S, 42°14’44”W, 28 April 2007, A. A. Conceição et al. 1892
(HUEFS); Oliveira dos Brejinhos, 24 March 1981, S. B. da Silva 253 (HRB, MG); Pilão Arcado, Estrada para Iú
Grande, sentido Limoeiro ou Brejo dos Zacarias, 10°0’55”S, 42°44’33”W, 22 May 2010, D. Cardoso et al. 2960
(HUEFS); Pilão Arcado, Estrada para Iú Grande, região do Brejo dos Zacarias, 10°0’55”S, 42°44’32”W, 22 May 2010,
L. P. de Queiroz et al. 14752 (HUEFS); Pilão Arcado, 39 km de Remanso na estrada para Pilão Arcado, 9°50’0”S,
42°17’36”W, 28 April 2001, L. P. de Queiroz et al. 6621 (HUEFS, MG, SPF); Remanso, Comunidade dos Negos, Faz.
Campo Verde, Beira da Lagoa do Campo Verde, 9°27’16”S, 42°18’06”W, 04 July 2000, M. M. da Silva et al. 451
(HUEFS); Remanso, Baixo Médio São Francisco, BR 324, estrada Remanso/Piauí, 9°26’27”S, 42°17’47”W, 24
September 2009, F. S. Gomes et al. 285 (ALCB, HUEFS); Remanso, BR 235, Remanso/ Pilão Arcado, 09°55’01”S,
42°17’05”W, 29 May 1989, H. P. Bautista 1449 (HUEFS, RB); Remanso, BR 324, estrada para Piauí, 9°26’15”S,
42°17’59”W, 24 August 2009, E. Melo et al. 6567 (HUEFS); Remanso, Estrada para Pilão Arcado, entrada direita,
cerca de 4 km da estrada principal, 9°45’29”S, 42°20’8”W, 16 June 2001, T. S. Nunes et al. 486 (HUEFS); Riachão das
Neves, Floresta Estacional, São José do Rio Branco, 11°44’52.8”S, 44°44’46.3”W, 12 March 2010, K. Yoshida-Arns
et al. 444 (CSTR, RB, UFP); Rio das Contas, Estrada de Rio das Contas a Arapiranga, 14 February 1999, R. M. Harley
& A. M. Giulietti 53465 (HUEFS); São Gabriel, Faz. Boa Sorte, 11°2’S, 41°40’W, 02 April 2009, R. F. Machado et al.
124 (HUEFS); Tanhaçu, 13°53’38”S, 41°04’22”W, 08 August 1979, A. P. de Araújo 149 (HRB, RB); Teofilândia,
Fazenda Lagoa do Canto, Povoado de Mirante, estrada de Bola Verde, a 10 m da casa, 14 September 2002, R. B.
Almeida 11 (HRB, ICN); Tucano, Cachoeira do Inferno, margens Rio Itapicuru, 10°55’S e 39°04’W, 09 June 2007, D.
Cardoso & A. M. Bastos 2056 (CEN, HUEFS); Tucano, 11°02’15”S, 39°03’37”W, 16 June 2011, E. P. Seleme et al.
459 (RB); Tucano, 11°02’13”S, 39°03’37”W, 16 June 2011, E. P. Seleme et al. 460 (RB); Tucano, 11°02’12”S,
39°03’43”W, 16 June 2011, E. P. Seleme et al. 461 (RB). Ceará: Aiuaba, Estação Ecológica de Aiuaba, Grota do Sebo,
21 June 1991, M. A. Figueiredo et al. 180 (EAC); Aiuaba, Arara, 40°08’ 22”W, 06°22’ 25”S, 30 May 1996, L. W. Lima-
Verde et al. 247 (EAC, HUEFS); Aiuaba, Entorno na Estação Ecológica de Aiuaba, 6°40’50”S, 40°11’1”W, 12 February
2007, D. Cardoso 1782 (HUEFS); Aiuaba, E. E. Aiuaba, 06°36’01”S, 40°07’15”W, 25 May 2004, J. R. Lemos & P.
Matias 197 (HUEFS, K, SPF); Campas Salas, 2–4km S de Campas Salas, 7°14’S, 40°25’W, 15 February 1985, A.
Gentry et al. 50127 (K, MO); Capistrano, Fazenda Araçanga/Serra de Baturité, 09 March 1994, J. B. L. P. Medeiros &
F. S. de Araújo s.n. (EAC, HUEFS); Caridade, Faz. Feijão, 22 April 1990, B. Freitas s.n. (EAC); Caucaia, 03 June
2007, A. S. F. Castro s.n. (EAC, HUEFS); Cratéus, Serra das Almas, 25 May 2005, J. R. Lima 72 (EAC); Fortaleza,
Estrada Fortaleza a Crato, 02 August 1948, I. Duarte 1243 (RB); Itapipoca, Estrada para Brotas, 25 May 2000, A. S. F.
Castro 856 (EAC, HUEFS); Itatira, Fazenda Itataia, 09 December 2011, R. Martins s.n. (EAC); Jaguaribara, Fazenda
Muriá, 22 July 1995, D. Macêdo 36 (EAC); Morada Nova, Barra das Flores, 01 June 1941, P. Bezerra s.n. (EAC);
Pacajús, 18 July 1974, A. Fernandes s.n. (EAC, HUEFS); Quixadá, 21 June 1946, G. A. Black s.n. (EAC); Quixadá,
23 June 1946, G. A. Black s.n. (EAC); Quixadá, Fazenda Olho d’água, 15 June 1993, Ivanilza s.n. (EAC, HUEFS);
Quixadá, Sertão dos arredores da Pedra Riscada, 21 June 1946, A. Ducke 1965 (K, IPA); Quixadá, 06 July 1908, A.
Ducke & H. Goeldi 1110 (RB); Quixeramobim, Serrote d’água (EAC, HUEFS); Quixeré, Chapada do Apodi, Faz.
Mato Alto, 5°11’648”S, 37°49’191”W, 16 September 1996, L. W. Lima-Verde et al. 315 (HUEFS); Sertânia, Centro da
Caprinovinocultura do IPA. Pimenteira, área potencial 4 do projeto madeira, 8°4’25”S, 37°12’24”W, 06 April 2001, R.
M. Harley & A. M. Giulietti 54186 (HUEFS); Sobral, Fazenda Crioula, 18 June 1993, M. A. P. Silva s.n. (EAC).
Distrito Federal: Brasília, APA do Cafuringa, 15°30”S, 47°50’W, 10 November 1991, G. Damasceno Jr. s.n. (COR).
Espírito Santo: Baixo Guandu, Estrada Baixo Guandu/Palmeiras, 17 May 2006, A. A. Luz 330 (CVRD); Jaguaré,
Córrego das Abóboras, 28 June 2001, D. A. Folli 3954 (CVRD, RB); Linhares, CULTIVADA Área experimental da
Reserva Natural Vale, 19°8’40”S, 40°4’8”W, 15 May 1980, I. A. Silva 165 (CVRD, RB); Linhares, CULTIVADA Área
experimental da Reserva Natural Vale, 19°8’40”S, 40°4’8”W, 29 March 1989, M. S. Menandro 150 (CVRD, RB).
Goiás: Campos Belos, km 18 da Rodovia Campos Belos (GO)/ Taguatinga (TO), 13 September 1991, B. S. A. Pereira
et al. 1704 (RB); Cavalcante, Km 15 da estrada Teresina de GO/Cavalcante, 13°50’S, 47°30’W, 29 April 1996, B. A.
S. Pereira & D. Alvarenga 3035 (IBGE, , RB, UEC); Formosa, Fazenda Vargem Grande, Vale do Paraná, margem
esquerda da BR 020, 1984, I. C. A. Mendes 55 (SPF, UEC); Formosa, Fazenda Santa Fé, km 35 da rodovia Formosa/
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Alvorada do Norte, 300 m, 15°20’S, 46°50’W, 26 April 1996, B. S. A. Pereira & D. Alvarenga 2968 (IBGE, RB);
Formosa, Fazenda Vargem Grande, 07 June 1992, I. C. A. Mendes 95 (RB); Nova Roma, Estrada para Ouro Minas,
13°45’17”S, 46°53’20”W, 22 April 2009, D. Cardoso et al. 2512 (HUEFS); Posse, km 19 da estrada Posse/Iaciara,
14°10’S, 46°15’W, 28 April 1996, B. A. S. Pereira & D. Alvarenga 3009 (IBGE, , RB, UEC); São Domingos, Fazenda
São Domingos, próximo aos estábulos, 15 April 1999, A. A. Santos et al. 401 (CEN); São Domingos, Fazenda Ipê,
estrada de acesso a sede, 13°41’S, 46°40’W, 05 March 2002, E. S. G. Guarino et al. 962 (CEN, RB); São Domingos,
Fazenda São Domingos, lado direito da estrada para Manguinha, 15 April 2002, A. C. Sevilha et al. 2136 (CEN, RB).
Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá, CULTIVADA Rua Colombo, entre Sete de Setembro e Quinze de Novembro, próximo
a SAMEC (quintal), 19°01’S, 57°39’W, 06 April 1993, A. A. Bueno Sobrinho et al. s.n. (CPAP, MBM); Corumbá, Perto
do aeroporto, Morro Zé Feliciano, 19°01’S, 57°39’W, 08 October 1985, J. A. Ratter et al. s.n. (K); Corumbá, Estrada
Corumbá/Campo Grande, 14 November 1992, S. M. de Faria 521 (RB); Corumbá, Serra São Domingos, Planalto
Residual do Urucum. Cerradão, 297 m, 19°15’62.2”S, 57°36’76.7”W, 26 April 2004, R. R. Silva & J. S. Velasquez 892
(CGMS, COR, CPAP, UEC); Corumbá, Jacadigo, 14 March 1992, M. F. Reis s.n. (COR); Corumbá, Serra Grande,
Planalto Residual do Urucum. Interior de Floresta Estacional Decidual, 310 m, 19°13’80.3”S, 57°30’09.5”W, 31
March 2004, R. R. Silva & J. S. Velasquez 905 (COR, UEC); Corumbá, Serra Urucum, Planalto Residual do urucum,
vale de Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, 115 m, 19°10’93.3”S, 57°37’86.8”W, 12 May 2004, R. R. Silva & V. V. Filho
944 (COR, UEC); Corumbá, Serra do Jacadigo, planalto residual do Urucum, acesso pela Faz. Nossa Sra. Auxiliadora,
floresta estacional decidual, 312 m, 19°13’91.1”S, 57°50’45.3”W, 30 July 2004, R. R. Silva & J. S. Velasquez 1050
(UEC); Corumbá, Serra do Jacadigo, planalto residual do Urucum, acesso pela Faz. Nossa Sra Auxiliadora, floresta
estacional decidual, 100 m, 19°13’38.7”S, 57°50’15.6”W, 30 July 2004, R. R. Silva e J. S. Velasquez 933 (COR, UEC);
Ladário, Fazenda Uruba, 08 June 1994, G. Hatschbach et al. 60801 (MBM); Ladário, Serra do Rabichão, Planalto
Residual do Urucum, interior de floresta estacional decidual, 19°04’90.1”S, 57°29’22.2”W, 19 May 2004, R. R. Silva
& M. V. Silva 957 (UEC); Ladário, Serra do Rabichão, Planalto Residual do Urucum, Lajedo (Banca Laterítica),
19°04’34.3”S, 57°28’87.2”W, 19 April 2004, R. R. Silva & M. V. da Silva 864 (CGMS, COR, CPAP, UEC); Ladário,
Serra do Rabichão, planalto Residual do Urucum, acesso pela Faz. Uruba, 19°06’92.1”S, 57°30’40.1”W, 21 July 2004,
R. R. Silva & M. V. Silva 979 (UEC); Porto Murtinho, Faz. Oasis, 20 km E de Porto Murtinho, BR 267, 21°42’S,
57°40’W, 18 February 1989, A. Pott et al. s.n. (CPAP, K). Minas Gerais: Aimorés, Estrada Aimorés/Tabaúna, 08 April
2004, A. A. Luz 174 (CVRD, RB); Belo Horizonte, 03 April 1934, M. Barreto s.n. (K, RB); Itinga, Fazenda Lajedão,
01 July 2003, R. D. Botelho s.n. (BHZB, RB); Itinga, 25 March 1984, A. de Mattos Filho & C. T. Rizzini 1623 (RB);
Manga, Brejo São Caetano, 19 April 2007, J. M. Silva & O. S. Ribas 5797 (MBM); Montes Claros, Engenheiro
Dolabella, 07 March 1929, J. G. Kuhlmann 62 (RB); Viçosa, UFV, CULTIVADA Jardim Botânico, 20°45’54”S,
45°52’54”W, 11 March 1981, A. Julio Filho & N. M. Julio s.n. (RB, VIC). Paraíba: Campina Grande, Horto Florestal/
CSTR, final da trilha, próxima ao riacho, 07°03’3.48”S, 37°16’25”W, 12 June 2010, M. Kicia s.n. (CSTR, RB);
Catingueira, Sítio Bento Sousa, 16 July 2012, M. F. A. Lucena & D. S. Lucena 2086 (CSTR, RB); Coremas, Área de
tensão ecológica próxima a serra, 25 April 2010, J. R. Andrade et al. 351 (PEUFR); Santa Terezinha, Fazenda Tamanduá,
07°01’S, 37°24’W, 18 July 2010, S. R. Guedes s.n. (CSTR, RB); São João do Cariri, Riacho Aveloz, 26 May 2004, A.
V. Lacerda & F. M. Barbosa 143 (HUEFS, JPB); São José das Espinharas, Assentamento Cachoeira, 521 m,
06°47’23.1”S, 37°19’16.9”W, 16 May 2011, P. F. Souza 23 (CSTR); São José dos Cordeiros, RPPN Fazenda Almas,
7°47’08”S, 36°89’75”W, 15 May 2010, Z. G. M. Quirino 101 (UFP); São José dos Cordeiros, RPPN Fazenda Almas/
Lageado para Pedra da Bola, 7°27’59”S, 36°53’20”W, 31 May 2003, I. B. Lima et al. 111 (HUEFS, JPB); Solânea,
Curimataú, 30 August 2001, T. M. G. Velôso 290 (IPA, JPB); Soledade, Comunidade Bom Sucesso, interior da mata,
07°03’26”S, 36°21’46”W, 28 June 2006, R. F. P. Lucena et al. 240 (PEUFR); Soledade, Comunidade Barrocas, interior
da mata, 07°03’26”S, 36°21’46”W, 04 June 2006, R. F. P. Lucena & G. R. Almeida 242 (PEUFR); Soledade, Bom
Sucesso, caatinga hiperxerófita, 28 June 2006, C. Almeida & I. Silva 117 (UFP). Pernambuco: Alagoinha, Sítio Laje
Carrapicho, 06 February 1999, U. P. Albuquerque et al. 166 (UFP); Alagoinha, Fazenda Serrinha, caatinga agreste, 24
August 2001, P. G. G. Silva 41 (UFP); Altinho, 13 June 2008, L. L. Santos et al. 520 (PEUFR); Bodocó, Km 4 estrada
Bodocó/Sipaúba, 11 December 1983, G. Fotius 3629 (HUEFS, HTSA); Custódia, Fazenda Samambaia, 18 March
1989, E. L. Araújo s.n. (IPA); Mirandiba, Amburanas, 08°12’00”S, 38°34’50”W, 10 February 2007, E. Córdula et al.
209 (UFP); Mirandiba, Serra das Umburanas, 23 June 2007, E. Córdula et al. 310 (K, RB, UFP); Mirandiba, Serra do
Tigre, 04 October 2006, E. Córdula et al. 198 (HUEFS, UFP); Mirandiba, Serra do Tigre, 08°03’35”S, 38°43’07”W,
18 April 2007, K. Pinheiro 265 (K, UFP); Ouricuri, Fazenda Tabuleiro, July 1984, G. C. Lima 76 (IPA, RB); Ouricuri,
Sítio Ponta da Serra Jatobá, 30 May 2003, S. K. Rocha 38 (UFP); Petrolândia, Margem da estrada Ibimirim/Petrolândia,
08 May 1950, A. Lima 50-538 (IPA); Petrolina, 07 August 2007, A. M. Miranda & J. Ferraz 5478 (HUEFS, HST);
Salgueiro, 09 June 2005, F. França et al. 5246 (HUEFS); Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, 24 July 2000, M. V. B. de M. A.
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Carvalho 131 (HUEFS, HST); Santa Maria da Boa Vista, cerca de 80 km nordeste do CPATSA, 8°54.17’S, 40°16.67’W,
12 April 1990, G. Fotius 4261 (HUEFS, HTSA); Serra Talhada, Estrada Carqueja/Serra Talhada, BR 232, 32 km para
a ponte sobre o Rio Pajeú, 16 July 1980, Andrade Lima et al. 21 (IPA, MBM, RB). Piauí: Buriti dos Lopes, Canto do
Morro, 20 June 1972, D. Sucre & J. F. Silva 9214 (MBM, RB); Campo Grande do Piauí, 6°37’3”S, 37°12’30”W, 26
June 2007, R. M. Santos et al. 1526 (HUEFS, RB); Campo Maior, PI 115, entre Campo Maior e Castelo do Piauí, 11
June 1979, E. Nunes & A. J. Castro s.n. (EAC); Canto do Buriti, Fazenda Boa Vista, 10 June 1974, F. B. Ramalho 337
(HST, RB); Dirceu Arco Verde, Fazenda Queimadas do Bonfim, 08°54’S, 42°35’W, 11 August 1984, H. P. Bautista &
R. P. Orlandi 974 (MBM, HRB); Jaicós, Santana próximo a barragem, 26 April 2002, R. Barros s.n. (HUEFS, TEGB);
Raimundo Nonato, 1 km W da Fundação Ruralista 9°0’S, 42°0’W, November 1981, G. P. Lewis & H. P. N. Pearson
1080 (K); Serra da Capivara, 1979, L. Emperaire 354 (IPA). Rio de Janeiro: Itaocara, Rio Paraíba do Sul, área da UHE
Itaocara, Rodovia RJ 158, entre Batatal e Porto Marinho, 21°43’40”S, 42°16’54”W, 17 November 2011, H. C. de Lima
et al. 7419 (RB); Itaocara, Rio Paraíba do Sul, área da UHE Itaocara, Rodovia RJ 158, entre Batatal e Porto Marinho,
21°42’01”S, 42°12’54”W, 18 November 2011, H. C. de Lima et al. 7428 (RB); Itaocara, Rio Paraíba do Sul, área da
UHE Itaocara, Rodovia RJ 158, entre Batatal e Porto Marinho, 21°41’34”S, 42°11’11”W, 18 November 2011, H. C. de
Lima et al. 7427 (RB); Macaé, Bairro Novo Cavaleiros, 02 October 2005, R. D. Ribeiro et al. 534 (RB); Macaé, Granja
dos Cavaleiros, Estrada do bosque, acesso a lagoa encantada, 21 February 2006, R. D. Ribeiro et al. 581 (RB); Quissamã,
Fazenda São Miguel, 22°04’S, 41°31’W, 14 February 2007, H. C. de Lima et al. 6512 (RB); Quissamã, Machadinha,
próximo Fazenda Palmeira, 14 February 2007, H. C. de Lima et al. 6504 (RB); Rio das Ostras, Balneário Morada das
Garças, última guarda, 22°44’37”S, 41°51’15”W, 07 December 2003, R. D. Ribeiro & N. M. S. Ribeiro 71 (HUEFS,
CEPEC, RB, SPF); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA canteiro, 22°58’03”S, 43°13’26”W,
04 May 2007, N. L. Nunes & R. D. Ribeiro 19 (HUEFS, RB); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro,
CULTIVADO indivíduo 2981, 22°58’03”S, 43°13’26”W, 15 April 1991, V. F. Gonçalves s.n. (RB); Rio de Janeiro,
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADO indivíduo 3082, 07 March 1991, V. F. Gonçalves s.n. (RB); Rio de
Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADO indivíduo 3035, 18 March 1991, V. F. Gonçalves s.n. (RB);
Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA, 10 October 1984, H. C. de Lima 2163 (RB); Rio de
Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA canteiro 14-A, 03 October 2006, L. F. G. da Silva et al. 20
(RB); Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CULTIVADA, 22°58’03”S, 43°13’26”W, 01 May 2008, B.
M. Torke et al. 390 (RB); São Pedro da Aldeia, Via Lagos km 40, próximo a base de apoio, 25 May 2006, R. D. Ribeiro
et al. 667 (RB); São Pedro da Aldeia, Via Lagos km 39.5, antes do SOS Via Lagos, 22°48’56”S e 42°17’54”W, 12
February 2007, H. C. de Lima et al. 6493 (RB). Rio Grande do Norte: Açu, EFLEX-IBDF, esquerda da linha de
transmissão CHESF, 10 February 1987, R. L. C. Ferreira 154 (IPA, RB); Almino Afonso, Sítio Grossos, 3 km antes da
cidade, 21 June 2003, M. A. G. Paiva 15 (UFRN); Almino Afonso, 08 September 2003, M. A. G. Paiva & E. Paiva 40
(UFRN); Almino Afonso, 21 June 2003, M. A. G. Paiva 24 (UFRN); Caicó, Estação Ecológica do Seridó ESEC, 05
July 2005, R. Pereira & C. Ferreira 3026 (IPA); Caicó, Saída para São José do Seridó, RN 288, entrada cerca de 1 km
E vicinal para Serra da Formiga, Serra da Formiga, 6°21’18”S, 36°57’17”W, 28 May 2010, J. G. Jardim et al. 5755
(UFRN); Jucurutu, RPPN Stoessel de Britto, 01 June 2008, A. A. Roque 584 (UFRN); Mossoró, 29 June 1979, O. F.
Oliveira et al. 745 (MOSS, UFRN); Serra Negra do Norte, 03 June 2006, R. Queiroz 52 (CSTR, RB). São Paulo:
Araraquara, Bairro Quitandinha, área do Instituto e Química/UNESP, 09 August 2000, G. L. Pozetti s.n. (UEC); Pereira
Barreto, CULTIVADA Praça Central, 20°51’S, 51°07’W, 06 February 1982, J. G. Guimarães 1407 (HRB, RB);
Pindorama, Est. Exp. Sede Nova, 07 November 1938, O. T. Mendes s.n. (ESA); Piracicaba, Parque da ESALQ,
22°42’45”S, 47°37’33”W, 08 July 1993, K. D. Barreto et al s.n. (ESA); Ribeirão Preto, 17 April 1954, A. Grotta s.n.
(MBM, RB, SPF, UEC). Tocantins: Aurora do Norte, Km 69 da estrada Taguatinga/Combinado, 12°50’S, 46°30’W,
16 August 1995, B. A. S. Pereira & D. Alvarenga 2870 (CEN, EAC, RB).

3. Amburana erythrosperma E. P. Seleme, C. H. Stirt. & V. F. Mansano sp. nov. (Figs. 5 & 6)

Type:—BRASIL. Bahia: Livramento do Brumado, 13°43’S, 41°50’W, 25 March 1991, G. P. Lewis & S. M. M. de Andrade 1876
(holotype CEPEC49450!, isotypes BR, K (2 sheets), sheet 2: K000188278! (sheet 1 lacking barcode), MEXU3588, MO2844399!,
NY452223!).

Amburana erythrosperma differs from A. acreana and A. cearensis by having red seeds, and the membranous endocarp
only partly developed, and not enveloping the seed(s).

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FIGURE 5. Amburana erythrosperma. A. Flowers and flower buds; B. Fruits; C. Fruit and seeds (Photos: G. P. Lewis).

Tree 5–6 m. Stems smooth, reddish brown. Leaves 7–25 cm long; petiole 9–18 mm long; leaflets 7–13 per leaf,
alternate, 2–5 × 2–3 cm, elliptic to ovate, base rounded, apex obtuse to retuse, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface
glabrous to puberulent, midrib raised abaxially. Inflorescence a congested panicle, terminal or axillary, 2–5 cm long;
peduncle 1.5–3 cm long; flowers ca. 10–17 mm long; standard petal white, pinkish or yellowish, sericeous to pilose
adaxially, 6–8 × 6–10 mm, base cordate, apex deeply emarginate, claw ca. 1 mm long; bracteoles ovate to triangular,
apex acute, pilose; calyx campanulate, truncate, 1–2 mm long, scarcely toothed; tubular hypanthium 5–7 × 1 mm;
stamen filaments 10, ascending, vexillary stamens 5, ca. 1 mm long, abaxial stamens 5, ca. 7 mm long; ovary ca. 4
× 1 mm, ovary stipe adnate to the hypanthium, densely pilose. Fruit linear-oblong, 5–8 × 0.6–1 cm, a membranous
endocarp partly developed, but not surrounding the seed(s); seeds 1 (2) at the fruit base, 12–15 × 7–9 × 2–3 mm, red,
shiny.
Distribution and habitat:—Amburana erythrosperma is endemic to South-Central Bahia, southern Chapada
Diamantina, Brazil. Amburana erythrosperma and A. cearensis occur sympatrically in the southern Chapada Diamantina
(Fig. 7).
Phenology:—currently only known to flower in March and fruit in April.
Taxonomy:—Amburana erythrosperma is easily distinguishable from A. acreana and A. cearensis in fruit by its
red seeds, with an endocarp only partly developed and not surrounding the seed(s) and the apex of the standard more
prominently emarginate in A. erythrosperma.
Etymology:—The specific epithet refers to the red color of the seeds which contrasts markedly with the black
seeds of the other two species.
Additional specimens examined (paratypes):—BRAZIL. Bahia: Livramento do Brumado, 27 km S de
Livramento, próximo a duas comunidades Fazendinha e Itapicuru, 593 m, 13°53’S, 41°45’W, 22 April 1991, G. P.
Lewis & S. M. M. Andrade 2002 (BR, CEPEC, K, MBM, MEX, NY); Livramento do Brumado, cerca de 30 km na
estrada de Brumado para Livramento do Brumado, 12 March 1991, H. S. Brito & G. P. Lewis 292 (CEPEC, HUEFS,
MBM, UEC); Livramento do Brumado, 10 km S de Livramento do Brumado para Brumado, lado esquerdo da estrada,
13°43’S, 41°50’W, 17 April 1991, G. P. Lewis & S. M. M. de Andrade 1997 (CEPEC, K, NY); Livramento do Brumado,
10 km S de Livramento do Brumado para Brumado, lado esquerdo da estrada, 13°43’S, 41°50’W, 25 March 1991, G.
P. Lewis & S. M. M. de Andrade 1876 (BR, CEPEC, K, MEXU, MO, NY).

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FIGURE 6. Amburana erythrosperma. A. Inflorescence; B. Leaf; C. Detail of leaflet lower surface; D. Flower buds; E. Standard (adaxial
face); F. Longitudinal section of flower showing hypanthium, stamens and carpel; G. Anther; H. Gynoecium; J. Style and stigma; K. Calyx
and hypanthium; L. Stamens; M. Flower, side view; N. Flower bud; P. Bracteole (abaxial face); Q. Fruit; R. Seed; S. Opened fruit showing
two seeds (A–M from G. P. Lewis & S. M. M. de Andrade 1876; N–S from G. P. Lewis & S. M. M. de Andrade 1997). Artist unknown.

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FIGURE 7. Geographical distribution of Amburana acreana (■), A. cearensis (●) and A. erythrosperma (▲). Map created using Diva
GIS.

Acknowledgements

We thank CAPES for PhD grants given to the first author, and for funding for this study (process 1890-13-1). Thanks
also to the curators of the herbaria cited for giving us access to their specimens.

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