Present-ed here is an updatpresent-ed taxonomic revision of the genus Therefore, the main objective of the research Was felt as a particularly important shortcoming. The geographic distribution of the species in the country Taxonomic revision of the genus and a documentation of With native genetic resources of tropical legumes in Revi-sion (Costa & Ferreira 1984), some of them, however, Where 25 species had been accounted for in the last 2008 Calles & Schultze-Kraft 2009,Ģ010a), ranking Venezuela second after Brazil, from Improve-ment and the production of concentrate feed for livestockġ Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela (FIBV), Apartado Postal 2156, Caracas 1010-A, Venezuela, *author forĬorrespond-ence e-mail: presently: University of Hohenheim (380), 70593 Stuttgart, Germany e-mail: University of Hohenheim (380), 70593 Stuttgart, Germany presently: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali,Ĭolombia e-mail: Calles & Schultze-Kraft: Stylosanthes of Venezuela For Venezuela, eleven Stylosanthes species haveīeen found by the authors of the present paper (Calles The genus is economically important, especially inĪreas with poor agricultural conditions such as droughtĪnd low-fertility soils, where several species areĬur-rently being used for forage, soil cover, soil Particularly as far as Venezuelan species were concerned. Was limited in terms of specimen numbers and origins, That was available to him more than half a century ago Out by Mohlenbrock (1957) and updated by him a few The last complete revision of the genus was carried Species without axis rudiment and the other including 1), has been the basis forĭividing the genus into two sections, one including the (Mannetje 1984) derived from an abortive secondary Of an axis rudiment, which is a “plume-like appendage” Since Vogel’s treatment, the presence or absence 18) until the ﬁrst revision of the genus by Vogel Swartzġ789 Willdenow 1802 Kunth in Humboldt & al. Than 10 Stylosanthes species were described (e.g. After the establishment of the genus, more Three species had been described but treated under Spe-cies, Stylosanthes procumbens Sw., nom. Swartz (1788) described the genus based on two Have been reported (Nooteboom 1961 Mannetje 1984). Outside the Americas, only S.įru-ticosa (Retz.) Alston (incl. In the Americas, Stylosanthes species areĭistributed from New York State, USA, to Santa Fe Subshrubs inhabiting tropical, subtropical and Lavin 2005) of annual, biennial and perennial herbs and Genus, which comprises about 25 species (Klitgaard & (Leguminosae Juss., Papilionoideae DC., Dalbergieae Klitg. In Venezuela and provides illustrations and a key to identify the species.Īdditional key words: Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, taxonomy The present study clariﬁes the taxonomy of Stylosanthes Stylosanthes has a wide natural distribution in Venezuela and eleven species occur in the country: S. For the present revision, about 1000 herbarium specimens from 35 herbaria were examined, including 103 Species in Venezuela is scarce or not documented at all, and there has been no updated taxonomic revision of the However, knowledge about the geographic distribution of most Stylosanthes After Brazil, Venezuela has the second highest Stylosanthes species richness. Stylosanthes is a predominantly New World genus of economic importance. & Schultze-Kraft R.: Stylosanthes (Leguminosae, Dalbergieae) of Venezuela. Stylosanthes (Leguminosae, Dalbergieae) of VenezuelaĬalles T. TEODARDO CALLES1* & RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT2 Your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use.Ĭommercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for overġ70 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, Published By: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM) DOI: īioOne (is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological,Įcological, and environmental sciences. Stylosanthes (Leguminosae, Dalbergieae) of Venezuela Author(s): Teodardo Calles & Rainer Schultze-Kraft BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers,Īcademic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research.

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