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Aeschynomene (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) from the state of Goiás, Brazil

Abstract

Based on usual methods in plant taxonomy, the taxonomic treatment of Aeschynomene species of Goiás state is here presented. 26 species were recorded corresponding to 33 taxa, four of them endemic (A. nana, A. genistoides var. latifoliola, A. simplicifolia and A. veadeirana) and ten new records to the state (A. evenia var. evenia, A. mollicula, A. montevidensis, A. parviflora, A. rudis, A. sensitiva var. sensitiva, A. sensitiva var. amazonica, A. sensitiva var. hispidula, A. viscidula e A. vogelii). Descriptions, illustrations, a key for the taxa, comments on their habitats, flowering and fruiting periods, morphological relationships, and distribution maps are provided.

Key words:
Dalbergieae; Leguminosae; Brazilian savannah; taxonomy

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