Morphological analyses support taxonomic updates in Brazilian species of Stylosanthes Sw. (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae)

• Published in: Revista brasileira de botânica Vol. 48; no. 1; p. 10
• Main Authors: Gissi, Danilo Soares, Torke, Benjamin M., Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Tomazello-Filho, Mario, Fortuna-Perez, Ana Paula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; cattle; center of diversity; cerrado; Forage; genus; Geographical distribution; holotypes; Life Sciences; Morphology; neotypes; New combinations; Nomenclature; Pilger mill; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Rostrum; Sousa; Species; Species diversity; Structural Botany - Original Article; Stylosanthes; Stylosanthes guianensis; Taxonomy; X ray imagery; X-radiation; Dalbergieae; Elaiosome; Estilosantes; Forage; Fabaceae

Stylosanthes Sw. is a pantropical genus primarily distributed throughout the Americas, with the Brazilian Cerrado serving as its principal center of diversity. Stylosanthes species have a subshrub habit, trifoliolate leaves, amplexicaul stipules, and loments with a rostrum derived from the remnant s...