Strychnos bicolor Progel

  • Authority

    Krukoff, Boris A. 1965. Supplementary notes on the American species of Strychnos VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 1-94.

  • Family

    Loganiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Strychnos bicolor Progel

  • Description

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    Distribution and Ecology - Brazil: São Paulo (Descalvado), M. A. Pereira s.n. (Herb. Inst. Agr. do Norte 48298).Distribution: Appears to be confined to the "cerrados" of the subtropical highlands of southern Minas Gerais and of northern São Paulo in Brazil.

  • Discussion

    According to Ducke (31: 34), Glaziou 15239 (type collection of S. calophylla) is from campos de Aiuruoca (southern part of Minas Gerais) and this information was not available to us from the photo and a specimen of this collection which we examined. This species is immediately distinguished from all other American species of the genus by the form, color and indumentum of its leaves. Fruits and seeds of this species are now known and were described by Ducke (31: 35, 57), as very similar to those of S. subcordata. For information on its position in Ducke’s key made on the basis of fruit characters, see under S. rondele-tioides.

  • Distribution

    Distribution: Appears to be confined to the “cerrados” of the subtropical highlands of southern Minas Gerais and of northern São Paulo in Brazil.

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