Tropicos | Name - Zygia P. Browne

Zygia P. Browne

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1. Folíolos 1 por pinna; inflorescenses lax pendent spikes, 7—25 cm long … Z. confusa

1. Folíolos 2 or more por pinna; inflorescenses more or less congested spikes, or capitate

2. Estípulas persistentes or semi-persistentes, hasta 20 mm de largo; leaves large, the pinna rachis 11—50 cm long, the longest foliolos of mature pinna (12--) 15—36 cm long

3. Fruits with valves cartáceas, 19—37 cm de largo y 2.5—3 cm de ancho, tapering at apex and base; seeds dull reddish brown; foliolos usally not bullate … Z. englesingii

3. Fruits with thick woody valves, 7—17 cm long and 3.5—9 cm wide, rounded at apex and base; seeds shiny black; foliolos usually somewhat bullate … Z. gigantifoliola

2. Estípulas no persistentes, fugaces, (persistentes en Z. inaequalis) menos de 7 mm de largo; leaves usually not as large, the pinna rachis 2—12 cm long, the longest foliolos of mature pinna 3—12 cm long

4. Pinnas con raquillas pubescentes y las inflorescencias siempre en capítulos

5. Cáliz campanulado, 0.5–1 mm de largo, al menos los lobos son pubescentes and ca. ½ length of calyx; foliolos 5—7 por pinna, (1--) 1.5—4 (--6) cm long; fruto plano o ligeramente enrollado, márgenes generalmente no constrictos ... Z. cauliflora

5. Cáliz tubular 2 mm de largo, glabro or the lobes slightly ciliate, and ca. ¼ length of calyx; foliolos 3—5 por pinna, 3.5—11 cm de largo; fruto plano o generalmente strongly curved, margenes generalment somewhat constrictos ... Z. recordii

4. Pinnas con raquillas glabras, si algo pubescentes, las inflorescencias siempre en espigas cortas

6. Cáliz tubular and menos de 1.5 mm de largo, nearly truncate; flower bearing portion of espigas 1.5–4 cm de largo; fruto hasta 2 cm de ancho ... Z. longifolia

6. Cáliz tubular and 2.5—3.5 mm de largo, lobed 1/5^th length or campanulate and 1.5—2.5 (--3) mm de largo and lobed 1/3 to ½ length; flower bearing portion of espigas menos 1.5 cm de largo; fruto 2.5–3.3 cm de ancho

7. Cáliz tubular and 2.5—3.5 mm de largo, lobed 1/5^th length; fruto con valvas verrugosas, indehiscente o tardíamente dehiscente; foliolos 7 por pinna, proximal foliolos with lateral veins similar throughout ... Z. inaequalis

7. Cáliz campanulate and 1.5—2.5 (--3) mm de largo and lobed 1/3 to ½ length; fruto con valvas lisas, dehiscente; foliolos (2-)3 (--5) por pinna, proximal foliolos with proximal 1 or 2 lateral veins on one side of foliolos much stronger than other veins and extending at least 2/3rds length of foliolo ... Z. latifolia