Albizia niopoides var. colombiana

Title

Albizia niopoides var. colombiana

Authors

Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Albizia niopoides var. colombiana (Britton & Killip) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

Description

10b. Albizia niopoides var. colombiana (Britton & Killip) Barneby & Grimes, comb. et stat. nov. Albizzia colombiana Britton ex Britton & Killip, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 35: 131. 1936. — "Near Bonda, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, August 3,1899, H. H. Smith 38, type...; 38a, 2067; Record 75 ..." — Holotypus + all paratypi, NY!.

Lf-formula iv-vi/28-39; otherwise as given in description of species and in key to varieties.

In semideciduous dry forest communities below 150 m, locally plentiful in the Caribbean lowlands of N Colombia (Bolívar, Atlántico, Magdalena) and adjacent NW Venezuela (Maracaibo Basin in Zulia). — Map 57B. — Fl. VIII—IX(—?). — Guacamayo.

A collection of var. colombiana from the roadside near La Victoria, state of Aragua, Venezuela (Cárdenas 304, GH), is omitted from the range statement and map until its native status can be confirmed.