ABSTRACT Carollia has a complex taxonomic history and is widely distributed in the Neotropics. Species of Carollia appear to have differentiated recently in the late Cenozoic, and present overlapping morphological characters that may not be useful to distinguish among species. Carollia has recently been revised, but only a few specimens representing the Brazilian distribution of Carollia within Brazil were studied. We reviewed specimens of Carollia distributed in several localities of Brazil revisiting previously described morphological characters for species identification, and taxonomic problems within the genus. We found a large degree of overlap between characters previously used to distinguish among species of Carollia, and some of them constitute variation within a same species. We also report new records extending the known distribution of C. benkeithi to farther east of its previously known distribution (Parauapebas, southeastern Pará, and Vitória do Xingu, Pará, eastern Amazonian Brazil) and one record extending the distribution of C. brevicauda south to Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

RESUMO A longa persistência de alguns herbicidas auxínicos depende dos atributos do solo e pode causar intoxicação em cultivos em sucessão. O picloram é um dos principais herbicidas utilizados em pastagens, sendo que o mesmo apresenta período de meia-vida longo no solo. Objetivou-se avaliar, em casa-de-vegetação, as características fisiológicas e morfológicas de plantas de feijão cultivadas em solo contaminado com picloram. O delineamento utilizado foi em blocos ao acaso, sendo os tratamentos compostos pela aplicação de picloram (0 g ha-1; 7,5 g ha-1; 15 g ha-1; 30 g ha-1; 60 g ha-1; e 120 g ha-1 i.a.), com cinco repetições. Urochloa brizantha foi semeada em vasos, avaliando-se a sua altura e matéria fresca e seca da parte aérea. Nos mesmos vasos, semeou-se feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris), como bioindicador do picloram, sendo avaliados a altura das plantas, matéria fresca e seca, fitotoxicidade, área foliar, número de folhas por planta, eficiência fotossintética máxima e taxa relativa de transporte de elétrons. Resíduos de picloram no solo (até 30 g ha-1) são fitorremediados pelo cultivo de U. brizantha por 150 dias. As plantas de feijão apresentam bom potencial como indicador biológico da presença de resíduos de picloram no solo.

ABSTRACT The long lasting residual effect of some auxin herbicides depends on soil characteristics and may cause phytotoxicity on subsequent crops. Picloram is one of the main herbicides used in pastures, presenting a long lasting residual effect in the soil. This study aimed at determining the physiological and morphological characteristics of common bean plants grown in soil contaminated with picloram, under greenhouse conditions. A complete randomized blocks design, with treatments consisting of picloram doses (0 g ha-1, 7.5 g ha-1, 15 g ha-1, 30 g ha-1, 60 g ha-1 and 120 g ha-1 a.i.), with five replications, was used. Urochloa brizantha was sown in pots, and its height and shoot fresh and dry matter were evaluated. In the same pots, Phaseolus vulgaris was sown as a bio-indicator of picloram, and the following characteristics were measured: plant height, fresh and dry matter, phytotoxicity, leaf area, number of leaves per plant, maximum photosynthetic efficiency and relative electron transport rate. The phytoremediation process occurs in soil with picloram residues (up to 30 g ha-1) when covered by U. brizantha for 150 days. The common bean plants show a good potential as biological indicator of the presence of picloram residues in the soil.