Flora da Paraíba, Brasil: Capparaceae

Eduardo de Souza Silva; Valdeci Fontes de Sousa; Xavier Cornejo; José Iranildo Miranda de Melo

doi:10.1590/2236-8906-71/2021

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Eduardo de Souza Silva State University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-7502
Valdeci Fontes de Sousa Federal University of Campina Grande https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-6925
Xavier Cornejo University of Guayaquil
José Iranildo Miranda de Melo State University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-3807

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-8906-71/2021

Keywords:

Brassicales, Caatinga, Atlantic Forest, taxonomy

Abstract

This work encompasses the taxonomic study of Capparaceae Juss. for Paraíba State, Brazilian Northeastern. Field works collections were carried out monthly between January and December/2018 to cover the main mesorregions of the State. Exsiccate of the other Herbaria of Paraíba and the Virtual Herbarium of Flora and Fungi (Reflora), the platform of SpeciesLink, and North American herbaria (MO and NY) also were analyzed. The identifications were based on specialized literature to the family. In the study area, four genera and five species were recorded: Capparidastrum frondosum, Crateva tapia, Cynophalla flexuosa, C. hastata and Neocalyptrocalyx longifolium. The treatment includes a key to the species identification, taxonomic descriptions, comments on taxonomic affinities based on morphological characteristics, distribution data, flowering, and fruiting, as well as images and figures in Chinese ink containing the main diagnostic characters of the species found.