Senna splendida var. splendida

  • Title

    Senna splendida var. splendida

  • Authors

    Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

  • Scientific Name

    Senna splendida (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. splendida

  • Description

    44a. Senna splendida (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby var. splendida. Cassia splendida Vogel, Syn. Gen. Cass. 17 & Linnaea 11: 660 (exclus. syn. dub. Velloz.). 1837.—"In Brasilia: Sellow leg. inter Rio [de Janeiro] et Bahia."—Holotypus, †B = F Neg. 1747! neoholotypus, Sellow s.n., K! = NY Neg. 1449\ isotypi, F (fragm), FI (hb. Webb.)!

    Cassia splendida var. angustifolia Bentham in Martius, Fl. Bras. 15(2): 105. 1870. ... in provincia Bahia: Blanchet n. 1937.; ad Aracaty prov. Piauhiensis: Gardner n. 1571.; in provincia Minas Geraes: Sello, Claussen, St. Hilaire, Widgren; e. gr. in sepibus ad Rio do Peixo et Mariana: Martius; ad Caldas: Lindberg, Regnell I n. 70.; ad Lagoa Santa: Warming; in prov. S. Paulo: Burchell n. 4627."—Lectoholotypus, Regnell 1170, K! The paratypi cited are all referred hither, except Gardner 1571 which = var. gloriosa.

    Cassia splendida sensu Bentham, 1870, p. 105, quoad var. typ., exclus. syn. Velloz.; 1871, p. 524, p.p.; De Wit, 1955, p. 268; Graf, Exotica, ed. 9: 1036. 1978.Characters of the species except as modified in the key.—Collections: 113.

    Margins of dense forest, open scrub forest, disturbed woodland, entering diverse associations (coastal forest, mata de cipo, cerradao, cerrado, caatinga), surviving disturbance in capoeira, hedges and cocais, widespread along the Atlantic slope of Brazil, mostly from near sea level to 900 but locally in Sa. do Espinhaço up to 1300 m, from s. Sergipe s. to Sa. do Mar in Parana, less frequently inland to the middle and lower Sao Francisco basin and thence locally just in s. Piaui, the Triangulo Mineiro and centr. Sao Paulo; collected once on upper Rio Apa in s.-e. Paraguay; reported by Sellow from Uruguay, perhaps only cultivated; occasionally planted for ornament in Brazilian gardens (e.g. Rio de Janeiro; Lavras and Viçosa in Minas Gerais) and likewise in tropical Africa and Malay Peninsula.