Chamaecrista pedicellaris var. adenosperma (Urb.) 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

    Chamaecrista pedicellaris var. adenosperma (Urb.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Type

    Cassia adenosperma Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 362. 1908.—"Hab. in Sto. Domingo in Sierra del Palo Quemado ad rupes calcareas, 440 m. alt., m. Majo flor. et fruct.: Eggers n. 1886."—Holotypus, presumably |B; no isotypus found.—Chamaecrista adenosperma (Urban)

  • Synonyms

    Cassia adenosperma Urb., Chamaecrista adenosperma (Urb.) Britton

  • Description

    Species Description - As described for the species, but never (so far as known) yellow-pilosulous, the lfts venulose as described in key to varieties.—Collections: 29.

    Distribution and Ecology - Sunny hillsides, fields, thickets, and pineforests, not known to reach the immediate seashore, 20-625 m, widespread in the basin of Río Yague del Norte, n.- w. Dominican Republic in Monte Cristi, Valverde, Santiago Rodríguez, Santiago and n.-w. La Vega, extending n. over the crest of Cordillera Septentrional to the Atlantic slope in Puerto Plata.—Fl. almost throughout the year.

  • Discussion

     

  • Distribution

    Dominican Republic South America| Monte Cristi Dominican Republic South America| Santiago Rodríguez Dominican Republic South America| La Vega Dominican Republic South America| Puerto Plata Dominican Republic South America|