Senna angustisiliqua var. fulgens

Title

Senna angustisiliqua var. fulgens

Authors

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Senna angustisiliqua var. fulgens (Macfad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Description

168b. Senna angustisiliqua (Lamarck) var. fulgens (Macfadyen) Irwin & Barneby, stat. nov. Cassia fulgens Macfadyen, Fl. Jam. 1: 342. 1837.—"Common, Port-Royal mountains."—Lectoholotypus, ‘Jamaica, Macfadyen s.n K! = NY Neg. 10479.—Non C. fulgens Wallich ex Vogel, 1837.

Peiranisia jamaicensis Britton ex Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(4): 262. 1930.—"Jamaica. Type from below Flamstead, about 900 m. altitude, October 20, 1905, [William] Harris 9031."—Holotypus, NY! isotypi, F, US!—Non Cassia jamaicensis (Britton) Adams, 1970.

Peiranisia oxyadena Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(4): 263. 1930, ex parte, exclus. basionym. qui C. pallidae pertinet. Cassia biflora sensu Linnaeus, Pug. Jam. Pl. in Amoen. Acad. 5: 397. 1760, equated with Cassia no. 6 of Browne, Hist. Jam. 223. 1756; non C. biflora Linnaeus, 1753, nom. dub.—Spm. authent., LINN 528.21! —sensu Lindley in Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1310. 1830 & auct. plur. jamaic.; Adams, Fl. Pl. Jam. 325. 1972.

Lfts of major lvs mostly 7-9 pairs, the terminal pair obovate 18-33 x 7-15 mm, 2-2.5(-2.8) times as long as wide; otherwise as in description and varietal key.— Collections: 9.

Thickets on open hillsides and in second-growth woodland, 600-1250 m, local in e.-centr. Jamaica (St. Andrews and St. Thomas parishes).—FI. VII-XI.