Cassia fastuosa var. calva 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 1: 1-454.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia fastuosa var. calva H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Type

    Holotypus, NY.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters as given in key [Key: "Fertilized ovary lacking a secondary indumentum, its pilosity quickly dispersed over the expanding valves of the pod and ultimately deciduous, the developing and mature pod glabrate lustrous; s.-w. Brazil (Acre, Rondonia, n. Mato Grosso) and adjoining Bolivia (Beni)."]; fertile anthers glabrous or puberulent.—Collections: 12

    Distribution and Ecology - Habitats of var. fastuosa, but allopatric on the upper forks of rios Purus, Madeira and Mamore in Acre, Rondonia and n. Mato Grosso, Brazil and closely adjoining Beni, Bolivia.—Fl. VIII-IX.

  • Distribution

    Acre Brazil South America| Rondônia Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Beni Bolivia South America|