Abstract

CALLES, Teodardo and SCHULTZE-KRAFT, Rainer. A new Venezuelan species of stylosanthes (leguminosae: papilionoideae: dalbergieae). Acta Bot. Venez., June 2009, vol.32, no.1, p.153-157. ISSN 0084-5906.

A new Venezuelan species of Leguminosae, Stylosanthes venezuelensis Calles et Schultze-Kr., collected in Caracas, is described and illustrated. The differences between the new taxon and S. scabra Vogel, a closely related species, are indicated.

Keywords: Caracas; Leguminosae; Stylosanthes; Styposanthes; Venezuela.