Cassia setosa var. setosa

Title

Cassia setosa var. setosa

Authors

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Cassia setosa Vogel var. setosa

Description

38a. Cassia setosa Vogel var. setosa. Cassia setosa Vogel, 1837, I.c., sens. str. — "In Brasilia: Pr. Jundiahy leg. Sellow." — Holotypus, †B; clastotypus (fol), F! neoholotypus, formerly isotypus, K (herb. Hook.)! = IPA Neg. 1045 = NY Neg. 1492, 6747! isotypi, GH, K (herb. Benth.), LE, P! — Bentham, 1870, t. 41, fig. 2.

Lfts of most lvs broadly lance-ovate to ovate, with (10-)12-20(-22) pairs of secondary nerves, the upper surface glabrous, glutinously lustrous, the lower surface densely tomentellous but esetulose, only the marginal nerve charged with small asterotrichous setules. Stems, lf-stalks, and inflorescences up to the buds all densely hispid-setose. — Collections: 26.

Campos cerrados, (600-)750-1100 m, widespread through s.-w. Minas Gerais s.-ward from vicinity of Belo Horizonte to n.-e. Sao Paulo, sparingly (perhaps interruptedly) n.-w. to the Corumba valley in s.-e. Goias (Serra do Façao and Distrito Federal, the latter record on faith of Glaziou only). — Fl. III-VIII.