Swartzia brachyrachis Harms var. brachyrachis

  • Authority

    Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Swartzia brachyrachis Harms var. brachyrachis

  • Type

    Type collection. E. Ule 8867 (lectotype US; isolectotypes F, G, MG, UC), Cachoeira Grande, Manáos, Amazonas, Brazil, June 1910. Choice of a lectotype is necessary to replace the holotype destroyed in Berlin during World War II.

  • Synonyms

    Swartzia brachyrachis Harms

  • Description

    Description - Leaflets usually densely strigose on the lower surface, sometimes glabrescent or even glabrous; buds and pedicels glabrous; bracteoles 1.5 mm long or longer; pollen of the larger stamens globose or subglobose, 26-28.5 µ diameter, the grains of the smaller stamens partly globose, 28.5-31 µ diameter, some grains elliptic, ca 34 µ long and 26 µ diameter.

  • Distribution

    (Fig. 39). Amazon Basin from Manáos to Belem at low elevations in humid riverine forest, on sand or clay soils, or in dry secondary forest on sandy soils.

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