FIGURE 2 in A taxonomic revision of the genus Eperua (Leguminosae, Detarioideae, Detarieae)

FIGURE 2. Main vegetative characteristics of the genus Eperua: A. lenticellate bark, E. rubiginosa var. rubiginosa; B. trunk with reddish inner bark, and light brown sap-wood, E. bijuga; C. smooth to scaled bark, E. falcata; D. branchlets bifurcating in the same plane (distichous), E. bijuga; E–H. number of leaflets; E. leave 3-jugate with falcate leaflets, E. falcata; F. leave 6-jugate with straight leaflets, E. cerradoensis; G. leave 2-jugate with straight leaflets, E. glabriflora var. glabriflora; H. leave 4-jugate with straight leaflets, showing also the alternate and distichous pattern of bifurcation, E. duckeana; I–M. types of stipules; I. free foliaceous stipules, E. duckeana; J. joined foliaceous stipules, E. cerradoensis; K. joined non-foliaceous stipules, E. purpurea; L. foliaceous stipules joined at the base, E. jenmanii subsp. sandwithii; M. free non-foliaceous stipules, E. rubiginosa var. rubiginosa. Specimens A: Fortes E.A. & Silva G.S. da 167; B: Fortes E.A. et al. 189; E: Fortes E.A. & Silva G.S. da 172; F, J: Gonçalves A.S. 01; G: Fortes E.A. & M. de C. Camelo 150; H, I: Fortes E.A. et al. 191b; K: Ducke W.A. s.n. RB23288; L: Liesner R.L. & Morillo G. 13972; M: Fortes E.A. & Silva G.S. da 170. Photos A, B, E, G–M: E.A. Fortes; C: V.F. Mansano; D: H. ter Steege.