Aeschynomene mollicula var. benthamii Rudd

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Aeschynomene mollicula var. benthamii Rudd

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 17879 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. Santos & R. S. Pinheiro, 13 Jan 1977

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Coastal zone. Parque Nacional de Monte Pascoal. On N.W. slopes of Monte Pascoal.

  • Habitat

    Rain forest, changing to disturbed areas with scatetred trees and woodland, dominated by Pteridium at higher altitudes. This plant growing among shrubby vegetation among Pteridium.

  • Description

    shrub to ca. 1.8 m. high. Spindly shrub to ca. 1.8 m. high. Leaflets mid-green above, slightly blue-green beneath. Flowers with pale greenish-yellow sepals and pale yellow petals. Keel with darker veins on back and bilobed reddish mark near base within. Pods slightly pendulous, purplish red. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 451929

    Occurrence ID: 314a4bfb-115a-407e-97c4-48eabd0fcac1

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • Locality

    Coastal zone. Parque Nacional de Monte Pascoal. On N.W. slopes of Monte Pascoal.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 - 586 m. (656 - 1923 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -16.88, -39.42

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Field work sponsored bv the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias* and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia, January-April, 19??.
Aeschynomene
.Parque Nacional de Monte Pascoal. On N.W.
slopes of Monte Pascoal. Rain forest,
©hanging to disturbed areas with Scattered
trees and woodland, dominated by Pteridium,
at higher altitudes.
Alt» 200-586 m 39°25'W, l6°53»S
This plant growing among shrubby vegetation
among Pteridium«
Spindly shrub to ca* 1.8 m high. Leaflets
mid-green above, slightly blue-green beneath.
Flowers with pale greenish-yellow sepals .
and pale yellow^petals. Keel with darker
^eins on back and bilobed reddish mark near
base within. Pods slightly pendulous, purplish
red.
1 2 January 1977 Harley et al
17879
00451929