Clitoria laurifolia Poir.

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Clitoria laurifolia Poir.

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 17064 with S. A. Renvoize, C. M. Erskine, C. A. Brighton & R. Pinheiro, 17 Mar 1974

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Santa Cruz Cabrália Mun. 11 km S of Santa Cruz Cabrália.

  • Habitat

    Restinga by the sea, with strand vegetation progressively developing into scrub and low forest further inland.

  • Description

    Subshrub to ca. 30 cm. Leaves mid-green above, greyish beneath. Calyx greenish-cream. Petals pale violet-blue. flowers resupinate with standard with white streak down centre, bordered with purple. Pods brown. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 585756

    Occurrence ID: 9812b4aa-d24e-4396-aa92-0c2dc18b8095

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Clitoria laurifolia Poir. det J. S. Page

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • County/Municipio

    Santa Cruz Cabrália Mun.

  • Locality

    11 km S of Santa Cruz Cabrália

  • Coordinates

    -16.37, -39.02

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Leguminosoe
11km* S. of Santa fftm Cabralia. BHrfaSn^^
by the sea, with strand vegetation
progressively developing into scrub ana lew
forest further inland.
Sea level. 39° SPLIT, 16° 22'S.
Sub shrub to ca.3Ccn, Leaves mid-green
above, greyish beneath. Calyx grennish-
ore am. Petals pale violet-blue. '.-’lowers
resupinate with standard with white »T.rook
down centre, bordered wit:; purple. Pods
brown.
17th March 1974 11 II Harley No 1706/;.
EX HERBARIO KEWENSI
BRAZIL: ESTADO DE BAHIA
Coastal Zone
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R. M. Harley, S. A. Renvoize, C. M. Erskine, C. A. Brighton &
R. PlNHEIRO i
_in Harley No. )¿Q^ /
Field work sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew, and the Acadi
Brasileira de Ciftncias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centri
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia, January-April, 1974.
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