| # The genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae |

L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz

### Paloveopsis Cowan

Type species: P. emarginata Cowan.

Habit and leaf form. Trees (to 11 m); unarmed.

The leaves ostensibly ostensibly simple (unifoliate, apically obtuse-emarginate). Stipules absent or early caducous or very inconspicuous in mature leaves (about 9 mm long, deciduous); not connate.

Inflorescence and floral morphology. The inflorescences axillary and terminal; probably unbranched; short simple racemes. The flowers not distichous. Bracts minute, caducous, absent at anthesis. Bracteoles present; small, not enclosing the flower buds; persistent beyond anthesis; not valvate; connate (5 mm long).

The flowers showy; hermaphrodite; not pentamerous throughout; departing from pentamery in the androecium. Floral tube length relative to total hypanthium + calyx length 0.33. Hypanthium present; funnel-shaped. Calyx 5; covering the rest of the flower in bud; more or less regular; members imbricate. Corolla present; regular to slightly irregular (the petals subequal); 5; without greatly reduced members; polypetalous. Petals linear-lanceolate, sessile; imbricate; imbricate-ascending. The androecium comprising 9 members; with united members (connate unequally basally); members markedly unequal; including staminodia. The staminodia 6; shorter than the fertile stamens, subulate and hairy. Fertile stamens 3. Anthers attached well above the base of the connective (dorsifixed, versatile); dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary stipitate (stipe 1.5 mm); eccentric, with the stipe adnate. Stigma not dilated (capitellate, exserted).

Transverse section of lamina. Mesophyll secretory cavities (gland-dots) common.

Species number and distribution. 1 species (P. emarginata). Northeastern South America.

Tribe. Detarieae.

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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1993 onwards. The genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English and French. Version: 4th August 2019. delta-intkey.com’.

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