Cassia ochnacea Vogel var. ochnacea

  • Authors

    Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    Irwin, Howard S. & Barneby, Rupert C. 1978. Monographic studies in Cassia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae). III. Sections Absus and Grimaldia. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 30: 1-300.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia ochnacea Vogel var. ochnacea

  • Type

    Holotypus, Sellow s.n., †B = F Neg. 1717! clastotypus (par foliolorum, pars leguminis), F! — Bentham, 1870, p. 142; 1871, p. 563.

  • Synonyms

    Cassia ochnacea Vogel

  • Description

    Species Description - Apparently differing from var. purpurascens only in the dorsally puberulent lfts, the yellow petals, and the villosulous pod, but habit of growth and fl-color little known. — Collections: 4.

    Distribution and Ecology - Habitat not recorded, probably similar to that of the preceding, known only from s. Sa. do Espinhaco s.-ward from Belo Horizonte (Nova Lima; Sa. d'Ouro Branco) and from the type-locality, perhaps on the sources of Rio S. Antonio near 18° 40' S, in s.-centr. Minas Gerais. "In Brasilia: in Serra do S. Antonio leg. Sellow.''

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  • Distribution

    Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Brazil South America|