A revision of the neotropical Mucuna species (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae)
Author
De, Tânia M.
Research Associate Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, Saint Louis, MO, Missouri 63166 - 0299, USA. & Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Departamento de Biologia, Rua Simeão Varela de Sá, 03, Vila Carli, Guarapuava, PR, 85040 - 080, Brazil; e-mail: tdmoura @ unicentro. br
tdmoura@unicentro.br
Author
Lewis, Gwilym P.
Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AB, UK.
Author
Mansano, Vidal F.
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460 - 030, Brazil.
Author
Tozzi, Ana M. G. A.
Research Associate Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, Saint Louis, MO, Missouri 63166 - 0299, USA. & Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, SP, 13083 - 862, Brazil. & Research Associate Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, Saint Louis, MO, Missouri 63166 - 0299, USA.
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Phytotaxa
2018
2018-02-05
337
1
448
450
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.337.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.337.1.1
1179-3163
13718989
6.
Mucuna cuatrecasasii
Hern. Cam. & C. Barbosa ex L.K. Ruiz, Estud. Legum. Colomb.
2: 393 (-396; fig. 1). 2009. (
Fig. 8
)
TYPE:—
COLOMBIA
.
Granjas del Padre Luna
,
El Gran Cuidadano
,
12 November 2005
(fl.),
L.K. Ruiz
et al. 301
(
holotype
: ANDES!;
isotype
:
COL
!)
.
Liana. Leaves 3-foliolate; pulvinus 10–20 × 3.0–5.0 mm; petiole 9.0–
12 cm
long; stipels absent; rachis ca. 1.0 cm long; petiolules ca. 1.0 cm long; lateral leaflets, 9.0–13 × 6.0–
8.5 cm
, asymmetric at base, cuspidate at apex; apical leaflets ovate, 8.0–13 × 6.0–
8.5 cm
, rounded at base, cuspidate at apex; venation eucamptodromous, secondary veins in 6 pairs per leaflet; dense, adpressed silvery hairs on abaxial surface; sparse adaxially. Inflorescence axillary, umbel-like pseudoraceme; peduncle
30–120 cm
long; bracts 4.0–12.5 × 3.0–
11 cm
long, persistent; pedicels ca. 2.0 cm long. Flowers 7.0–
11 cm
long; calyx
1.5–2.2 cm
long, 4-lobed, the adaxial lobe formed by two connate sepals, 12 × 6.0 mm, acute at apex, the other three lobes 6.0 × 2.0 mm, acute at apex; corolla reported to be white-green (
D. Stancik 1146
COL
), greenish-white (
S. Obando 123
COL
), yellowish-cream (
H. García-Barriga
A REVISION OF THE NEOTROPICAL
MUCUNA
SPECIES
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FIGURE 8
.
Mucuna cuatrecasasii
. A—Leaf. B—Detail of indumentum on abaxial surface of leaflet. C—Inflorescence. D—Bract. E—Standard. F—Wing. G—Keel petals. H—Calyx opened out, outer surface. J—Androecium opened out: 9 stamens forming a staminal sheath. K—Free vexillary stamen (anther fallen off). L—Gynoecium. Drawn from:
Cuatrecasas 9640
(F). Drawn by Ana Lúcia Souza.
MOURA
ET AL.
18046
COL
,
US
) or white (
E. Forero & J. Garzón 349
COL
); standard broadly elliptic, 4.0–5.0 × 3.0 cm, cordate at base, rounded to retuse at apex, claw 4.0 mm long; wings oblong-elliptic, 7.0–11 × 2.0 cm, attenuate at base, round to acute at apex, the claw 8.0 mm long; keel petals oblong-elliptic, 7.0–11 × 2.0 cm, attenuate at base, acute at apex, the claw 8.0 mm long; pubescent at base of wing and keel petals. Stamen filaments 8.0–
10.4 cm
long, glabrous. Style 8.0–
11 cm
long, sericeous, except at apex; ovary
10–14 mm
long, sericeous; stigma peltate, villous. Fruits 27–30 ×
4.5 cm
, slightly ornamented by transverse lamellae, covered with dense hairs, acute to acuminate at base, acute at apex, lignified wings along fruit margin, up to 7-seeded. Seeds globose, 2.5–3.0 × 2.5–3.0; hilum circling 75–85% of the seed circumference,
5 mm
high.
Taxonomic notes:—
Mucuna cuatrecasasii
is morphologically similar to
M. klitgaardiae
, but it differs by the presence of adpressed hairs on the abaxial surface of leaflets, the peduncle
30–120 cm
long, and the fruits slightly ornamented by lamellae in
M. cuatrecasasii
(vs. erect hairs on the abaxial surface of the leaflets, the peduncle
20–40 cm
long, and the fruits not ornamented by lamellae in
M. klitgaardiae
).
Mucuna cuatrecasasii
is endemic to
Colombia
, whilst
M. klitgaardiae
is restricted to
Ecuador
and
Peru
.
Mucuna cuatrecasasii
also resembles to
M. cajamarca
(see comments under that species).
Phenology:—
Flowering throughout the year; fruiting March to November.
Distribution and habitat:—
Mucuna cuatrecasasii
is endemic to
Colombia
, in the
Boyacá
,
Cundinamarca
and
Santander
Districts (
Fig. 3
). It grows in wet forest (
D. Stancik 1146
COL) alt,
200–2500 m
.
Conservation status:—
Following the
IUCN (2016)
criteria,
M. cuatrecasasii
is assessed as being of Least Concern (LC). Although our data indicate that
M. cuatrecasasii
has a restricted extent of occurrence (
3128.87 km
2
, EN) and area of occupancy (
52 km
2
, EN), there is no evidence that the species habitat is severely fragmented. Furthremore, the species has been collected from more than ten different localities.
Vernacular name:
—
‘
Ojo de buey’ (L.K. Ruiz, personal communication).
Representative specimens examined:—
COLOMBIA
.
Boyacá
:
Gachantiva
,
Vereda Caja
,
Bosque Andino
úmido,
2 November 1998
(fl.),
D. Stancik
1146
(
COL
)
.
Cundinamarca
:
36 km
de
La
vega, entre la veja y san francisco,
9 December 1965
(fl.),
E. Forero
&
J. Garzón
349
(
COL
)
;
Albán
,
Granja del Padre Luna
,
el Grand Cuidadano
,
11 November 2006
(fl.),
M. Bernal
105
(
ANDES
)
;
Albán
,
Vereda Java
,
Granja del Padre Luna
,
18 May 2002
(fl.),
J. Betancur
et al. 9621
(
COL
)
;
Albán
,
Vereda Las Marías
, bosque de la granja
El
gran
Cuidadano
,
Fundación Granjas del Padre Luna
,
18 August 2002
(fl.),
Z. Cordero-P &
F. Goméz
03
(
COL
)
;
Albán
,
Vereda Las Marías
, bosque de la granja
El
gran
Cuidadano
,
Fundación Granjas del Padre Luna
,
31 March 2003
(fr.),
Z. Cordero-P et al. 76
(
COL
)
;
Albán
,
Granja Infaufiles del Padre Luna
,
El Gran Cuidadan
,
27 October 2011
(fl.),
S. Obando
123
(
COL
)
;
Albán
,
Granja del Padre Luna
,
el Grand Cuidadano
,
12 November 2005
(fl./fr.),
L.K. Ruiz
et al. 301
(
ANDES
)
;
Cercanias de San Bernardo
, hacia
Sasima
, matorrales y cafetales,
23 June 1940
(fl.),
J. Cuatrecasas
9640
(
COL
, F,
US
)
;
Pacho
,
Vereda La Esmeralda
,
10 May 1964
(fr.),
H. García-Barriga
18046
(
COL
,
US
)
;
San Francisco
,
Vereda Sabaneta
,
Quebrada Sabaneta
,
11 July 1980
(fl.),
R. Restrepo
s./n
. (
COL
)
;
Sasaima
,
Vereda de San Bernardo
,
Rio Dulce
, carretera
Las Mercedes
,
6 January 1970
(fl.),
H. García-Barriga
20021
(
COL
,
US
)
;
Vergara
,
Pacho-depo
, (fl.),
F.C. Lehmann
7568
(F, K)
.
Santander
:
17 km
S de Puente Nacional
,
3 March 1992
(fl.),
F. González
et al. 2513
(
COL
, K)
;
entre
Virolín
y
Taradro
,
17 km
arriba de
Virolín
,
30 May 1958
(fl.),
R.R. Castañeda
&
R. Jaramillo-Mejía
6797
(
COL
)
.