Chamaecrista desvauxii var. mollissima (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Minas Gerais

• Locality

  Serra de Itabirito, ca. 45 km S.E. of Belo Horizonte.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1600 m. (5249 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -20.2, -43.8

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  10000

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Chamaecrista desvauxii (Collad.) Killip var. mollissima
(Benth.) H.S. Irwin & Bameby
det. Beatriz Baker (Univ. of Missouri - St. Louis) 2011
Chamaecrista desvauxii var. mollissima (Benth.)
H.S. Irwin & Bameby
Chamaecrista desvauxii (Coll.) var.
Erect subshrub to ca. lm tall, with
divergent branches. Corolla yellow,
the fisfith petal with a reddish brown
blotch near base. Outcrops. Upland
campo and adjacent rocky slopes and
outcrops, Serra de Itabirito, ca.I*5>km
S.E. of Belo Horizonte, ca.loOO m.elev.
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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of the Planalto do Brasil
Serra do Espinhago
No. 19875
mollissima (Bth.) I. & B
H. S. Irwin, H. Maxwell,
D. C. Wasshausen
12 February I968
Field work conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia,
Institute Agronòmico do Norte, and the Ministério da Agriculture. Supported in
part by funds from the National Science Foundation.
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