Bernardia undetermined, Houst. ex Mill., Mill.

KEY TO THE BRAZILIAN BERNARDIA View in CoL SPECIES WITH STELLATE TRICHOMES ( B. SECT. ALEVIA)

1. Leaves membranaceous to chartaceous; staminate inflorescences spiciform, pedunculate, cymules scattered along the axis; staminate flowers conspicuously pedicellate (pedicel exserted to the bract at anthesis)........................................................ B. paraguariensis

1. Leaves coriaceous; staminate inflorescences subglobose, sessile, cymules congested along the axis; staminate flowers shortly pedicellate (pedicels not exserted to the bract at anthesis)................................................................................................ 2

2. Multi-stemmed subshrub, usually with leaves near the base of the stem; blades 2.2–4.5 cm wide, circular glands 2–14, on the abaxial surface, usually aggregated close to the blade base, sometimes near the apex; stamens 7–11; pistillate bracts 2.5–4.5 X 2.2–3.8; pistillate sepals 2.6–3.5 X 1.6–2.8.................................................................................................................. B. allemii

2. Single-stemmed shrub, without leaves near the base of the stem; blades 0.5–2 cm wide, circular glands sometimes absent or with 1–2(3) glands close to the blade base on the abaxial surface; stamens 5–8; pistillate bracts 1–2 X 1–2.5 mm; pistillate sepals 0.8–1.7 X 0.8–1.5........ B. gardneri