Floristic Inventory of the Iguaçu and Iguazú National Parks (Brazil and Argentina): Bignoniaceae Author Hentz Júnior, Elmar J. Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Mestrado em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Herbário EVB, Foz do Iguaçu, Author Lohmann, Lúcia G. 0000-0003-4960-0587 Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4960 - 0587; llohmann @ usp. br Author Caxambu, Marcelo G. 0000-0001-6898-2280 Herbário Da Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná, HFC, Campo Mourão, PR, Brasil; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6898 - 2280; mgcaxambu @ yahoo. com. br Author Temponi, Lívia G. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Herbário UNOP, Rua Universitária 2069, Jardim Universitário, 85819 - 110, Cascavel, Author Pires Lima, Laura C. Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Mestrado em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Herbário EVB, Foz do Iguaçu, text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-10-27 570 2 165 192 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.570.2.4 journal article 173541 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.2.4 a8573fb3-fa49-43f1-8709-8300cb16e180 1179-3163 7256605 5.4. Fridericia samydoides ( Chamisso 1832: 669 ) L.G. Lohmann in Lohmann & Taylor (2014: 444) ( Fig. 7 e ). Diagnosis:— Fridericia samydoides can be easily recognized by the red corolla ( vs. pink and purple in other Fridericia species ). Reproductive Period:— Flowers were collected in January, November, and December, no fruiting data. Distribution and Habitat:— It occurs in Argentina , Brazil , and Paraguay ( Lohmann 2010 , Lohmann & Taylor 2014 ). Within the study area, it was registered in Céu Azul, and in the PARNA Iguazú. This species is not registered as occurring for Araucaria Forests on the Flora do Brasil platform (Lohmann et al. 2022), indicating a new occurrence for this vegetation type . Selected Specimens Examined:— ARGENTINA . Misiones , Parque Nacional Iguazú : Puerto Iguazú , 29 February 1996 , Vanni 3538 (CTES!) . BRAZIL . Paraná , Parque Nacional do Iguaçu : Céu Azul , 25°03’40.8”S , 53°38’51.8”W , 11 December 2015 , Caxambu 7136 (HCF!, MBM!) ; Santa Tereza do Oeste , 25°03’25.7”S , 53°38’28.4”W , 30 January 2019 , Rauber 308 (UNOP!) .