Cassia surattensis var. suffruticosa K.D.Koenig ex Roth

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia surattensis var. suffruticosa K.D.Koenig ex Roth

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Peninsular Florida, s Texas, California. Cult, ornamental. All year but mostly Sept.-Nov.

  • Discussion

    Psilorhegma suffruticosa (Kònig ex Roth.) Britt. (1930) C. planisiliqua auct. & Hort. C. beareana Hort. CN n = 28 (Pantulu, 1942, 1960). Apart from quantitative exomorphic characters, var. suffruticosa apparently differs from var. surattensis in being octoploid. Both Small (1933) and Britton and Rose (1930) reported it (Psilorhegma suffruticosa) as naturalized in Florida, apparently on the basis of a single collection: Small 8c Mosier from Brickell Hammock, Dade Co., Florida in 1929. I have two recent collections independent of cultivation.

  • Distribution

    Peninsular Florida, s Texas, California. Cult, ornamental. All year but mostly Sept.-Nov.

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