Jacaranda pulcherrima Morawetz

  • Authority

    Gentry, Alwyn H. 1992. Bignoniaceae--part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25: 1-370. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bignoniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Jacaranda pulcherrima Morawetz

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. São Paulo: Mun. de Cunha, km 66 Cunha to Parati, 700 m, 1 Nov 1975 (fl), Morawetz 1-1175 (holotype, RB; isotypes, BOTU, K, M, MO, WU).

  • Description

    Species Description - Small tree to 4 m, the branchlets terete or flattened, tomentose-velutinous. Leaves bipinnate, 20-45 cm long, with 13-21 pinnae, the pinnae 5-11 cm long, the leaflets 7-27 per pinna, sessile, elliptic or oblong, obtuse, at base cuneate or rounded, (7-)10-20(-22) mm long, 5-8 mm wide, the margin entire or with a few teeth, revolute, drying dark above, tan below, the nerves conspicuously impressed above, somewhat raised below, puberulous above, tomentose below. Inflorescence a large dense panicle, the branches puberulous-pilose, the lower bracts bipinnate, the bracteoles lanceolate. Flowers with the calyx cupular or suburceolate, 8-10 mm long, 5-6 mm wide, irregularly 5-dentate, densely gray-puberulous; corolla violet with white throat, tubular campanulate, (4.5-)5-6.5(-7) cm long, 3-4 cm wide at mouth, the lobes 0.8-1 cm long, puberulous or glandular-pilose outside and on lobes; stamens dithecate, the staminode to 4.5 cm long, club-shaped, the apex bifurcate or emarginate, glandular-villose; ovary glabrous; disk annular-pulvinate. Fruit a subwoody capsule, elliptic to broadly oblong, 4.2-6.5 cm long, 2.8-3.5 cm wide; seeds not seen.

  • Discussion

    Most closely related to J. ulei but differs in being a small tree to 4 m high rather than a xylopodial shrub only 1 m tall, in larger leaves with more pairs of pinnae, the divided staminode apex, and thinner fruit.

  • Objects

    Specimen - 402696, F. Sellow 220, Jacaranda pulcherrima Morawetz, Bignoniaceae (293.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil

    Specimen - 402695, H. M. Curran 628, Jacaranda pulcherrima Morawetz, Bignoniaceae (293.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo Mun.

  • Distribution

    Endemic to uplands of southern Minas Gerais and the adjacent edges of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, where locally common in moist areas in the transition between cerrado and campo de altura, 700-1500 m.

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