Serjania communis Cambess. var. communis
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 1993. Systematics of Serjania (Sapindaceae) Part I: A Revision of Serjania Sect. Platycoccus. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 67: 1-91.
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Family
Sapindaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems 3-5-angular, with 3-5 major ribs. Plant densely pubescent to glabrescent, hairs minute and glandular or not-glandular, yellowish or whitish, erect or prostrate, with swollen base. Leaflets lanceolate, elliptic, narrowly elUptic, rhombic, or trilobate, the margins acutely or obtusely serrate.
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Serjania communis var. communis has the widest distribution of the varieties of S. communis (Fig. 30). It has been collected in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Pem, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay from a wide array of ecosystems such as humid forest, gallery forest, open disturbed areas, scmblands, savannas, and the sandy restingas of soutiieastem Brazil. It ranges from sea level to 1500 m elevation.
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Discussion
Serjania hirsuta Cambessedes in St. Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Mer, 1: 367. 1828. Type. Brazil. Minas Gerais: Onga, in pasture, s.d. (fl), Laruotte s.n. (holotype, P; isotype, MPU, n.v.; photo NY from MPU). Serjania communis var. mollis Radlkofer, Monogr. Serjania 110. 1875. Type. Brazil. Minas Gerais: Caldas, 24 May 1868 (fl), Regnell 138* (lectotype, M O , here designated). Serjania communis var. pilosula Radlkofer, Monogr. Serjania 110. 1875. Type. Same as typical variety. Serjania stenopterygia Radlkofer, Monogr. Serjania 110. 1875. Type. Brazil. Bahia: s.d. (fl), Blanchet 3747 (holotype, G; isotypes, F-2 sheets, G, GH, NY).