Senna organensis var. organensis

Title

Senna organensis var. organensis

Authors

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Senna organensis (Harms) H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. organensis

Description

104a. Senna organensis (Harms) Irwin & Barneby var. organensis. Cassia organensis Glaziou ex Harms, 1924, l.c., sens. str.—"Brasilien: Rio de Janeiro, Serra dos Orgaos (Glaziou n. 3942)."—Holotypus, †B = F Neg. 1721; neoholotypus, Glaziou 3942, P!—Cassia organensis Glaziou, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 53, Mem. 3: 167. 1906, nom. nud.

Glands between all pairs of lfts; lfts 4-8 pairs, the distal pair 12-30 mm, the margin revolute; upper face of lfts simply penniveined or almost veinless, reticulation obscure or 0; filaments of 3 abaxial stamens 2-2.7 mm, the anthers 3.2-4 mm; ovary strigulose; style ±1 mm.—Collections: 10.

Open rocky places in cool woodland or montane campo, 1200-2600 m, local on the Atlantic slope of s.-e. Brazil, from Sa. de Caparao on the Minas Gerais-Espirito Santo border s.-e. to Sa. dos Orgaos in Rio de Janeiro.—Fl. I-IV.