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Zornia flemmingioides Moric., Pl. Nouv. Am.

  • 1. Universidade Estadual Paulista " Júlio de Mesquita Filho ", Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Bioestatística, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
  • 2. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Accelerated Taxonomy Department, Richmond, United Kingdom.
  • 3. Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, Biodiversity Genomics & Analytics Section, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • 4. Universidade Estadual Paulista " Júlio de Mesquita Filho ", Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade e Bioestatística, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Accelerated Taxonomy Department, Richmond, United Kingdom.

Description

Zornia flemmingioides Moric., Pl. Nouv. Am. 127. 1844.

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Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Jacobina, 1843, Blanchet 3670 (holotype G–00370103!; isotype P– 02142426!).

Shrub to ca. 2 m tall. Stems erect, branched, villous. Leaves with 4 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 15–35 × 5–16 mm, obovate, glabrous. Stipules ovate to lanceolate, 5–10 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 15 cm long. Bracteoles 12–16 × 9–10 mm, ovate, 7–15-veined, punctate, glabrous, red. Loment with 2–3 articles; articles 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, not reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes absent.

Distribution and habitat: Brazil, endemic. Mainly occurs at high elevations (approx. 1300 m) in Caatinga and Campo rupestre vegetation of Tropical Dry Forest.

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU). Zornia flemmingioides is limited to the Espinhaço mountain range, with an EOO of 109,269.462 km ² and an AOO of 16.000 km ².

Notes: This species can be easily identified by its distinctive ovate, red bracteoles.

Representative specimens examined: BRAZIL. Bahia: Lençois, 6 July 2024, G.M. Nascimento et al. 709 (BOTU). Minas Gerais: Formoso, Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas, 4 December 1997, M.A. da Silva et al. 3708 (RB).

Notes

Published as part of Zeferino, Laís Couto, Lewis, Gwilym Peter, Pezzini, Flávia Fonseca & Fortuna-Perez, Ana Paula, 2025, A taxonomic synopsis of the genus Zornia J. F. Gmel. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) for the Neotropics, pp. 1-37 in Acta Botanica Brasilica (e 20240197) (e 20240197) 39 on page 18, DOI: 10.1590/1677-941X-ABB-2024-0197, http://zenodo.org/record/16897435

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Moric., Pl. Nouv. Am.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Zornia
Species
flemmingioides
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , isotype