Cassia multijuga Rich. var. multijuga

  • Authority

    Irwin, Howard S. 1966. Contributions to the botany of Guiana. IV. Legumonosae Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 112-128.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia multijuga Rich. var. multijuga

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRAZIL. Amapa: Rio Jari, Egler & Irwin 46047; Clevelandia, Irwin 47345; Rio Araguari, Pires, Rodrigues, & Irvine 50374. SURINAME. Wilhelmina Gebergte, Lucie R., Irwin, Prance, Soderstrom, & Holmgren 55402; Zuid River, near confluence with Lucie R., 55734; Zuid R., Kayser airstrip, 57603. VENEZUELA. Delta Amacuro: Rio Amacuro, Steyermark 87238.

  • Discussion

    A common riverine tree widely distributed in tropical America, general and reasonably constant in Guiana. In interior British Guiana, especially in the vicinity of the Pakaraima Mountains (in Guayana), the leaflets are somewhat fewer and broader, and an olive tomentum occurs on the inflorescence axis and branches. Similar deviations are expressed more strongly south of Amazonia. The cited Amapa collections are first reports for that territory. The remarkable enantiopetaly is seldom apparent from dried preparations.

  • Distribution

    BRAZIL. Amapa: Rio Jari, Egler & Irwin 46047; Clevelandia, Irwin 47345; Rio Araguari, Pires, Rodrigues, & Irvine 50374. SURINAME. Wilhelmina Gebergte, Lucie R., Irwin, Prance, Soderstrom, & Holmgren 55402; Zuid River, near confluence with Lucie R., 55734; Zuid R., Kayser airstrip, 57603. VENEZUELA. Delta Amacuro: Rio Amacuro, Steyermark 87238.

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