Senna acuruensis var. catingae (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Authors

    Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    Irwin, Howard S. & Barneby, Rupert C. 1982. The American Cassiinae. A synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtrib Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35, part 2: 455-918.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Senna acuruensis var. catingae (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Type

    Holotypus, †B = F Neg. 16691 neoholotypus, former isotypus, HAMB! = NY Neg. 8912; isotypus, K! = IPA Neg. 1145 = NY Neg. 1546.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Stems and lf-stalks setulose and villosulous but the main axis or this and the pedicels smooth and glabrous; lvs as described in the varietal key, the lfts bicolored but not strongly so, glabrous on both faces or thinly pilosulous along midrib beneath, the tertiary venulation finely prominulous on both faces.—Collections: 10. [Key: "Lvs at once relatively long-petiolate and paucifoliolate, the petiole 15-30 mm, the lfts fewerand larger, in larger lvs 4-13 pairs, the amplest of them 14-37 x 8-18 mm; e.-centr. and s.-e. Bahia. Lfts 4-7 pairs; axes of inflorescence glabrous or almost so, the pedicels sometimes residually setulose."]

    Distribution and Ecology - Habitat scarcely known, sometimes (perhaps always) in caatinga, ± 150-700 m, both slopes of Sa. Geral in the drainage of Rios Paraguagu, Contas and Pardo, centr. & s.-e. Bahia.—Fl. IX-II.

  • Distribution

    Bahia Brazil South America|