Senna aphylla

Title

Senna aphylla

Authors

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Senna aphylla (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Description

190.  Senna aphylla (Cavanilles) Irwin & Barneby, comb. nov. Cassia aphylla Cavanilles, Ic. Pl. 6: 41, t. 561. 1801.

Cassia aphylla sensu Bentham, 1871, p. 542; Burkart, 1952, p. 168, fig. 29 (b, c); in Cabrera, Fl. prov. Buenos Aires 4(3): 451, fig. 141. 1967; Bravo, 1978, p. 382-389, fig. 13-15; Darwiniana 21(2): 393-399, fig. 1-3 (ontogeny of seedlings and infraspecific differentiation). 1978.

Bravo (1978, 11. cc.) recognized two subspecies, one of them divided into two varieties, differing in branching patterns, number of flowers to the raceme, and dispersal.