Chamaecrista cotinifolia (G.Don) H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. cotinifolia

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Minas Gerais

• Locality

  Ca. 18 km by road SW of Diamantina on road to Curvelo. Serra do Espinhaço.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1400 m. (4593 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.365, -43.7204

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  5000

• Georeferencing Method

  Online gazetteer. Coordinates for Diamantina from CRIA, offset calculated as straight line on MANIS website.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Field work supported in part by funds from the National Science Foundation
and conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia and the
Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimentacáo Agricola do Norte.
PLANTS OF THE PLANALTO DO. BRASIL
Collected for The New York Botanical Garden by W. R. Anderson,
P. A. Fryxell, S. R. Hill, R. Reis dos Santos, and R. Souza
Estado de Minas Gerais
Serna do Espinha$o
Cgssia cotinifolie G. Don var. cotinifolia
Ca. l8 km by road SW of Diamantina on road to
Curvelo; elev. 1*4-00 m; steep rocky (quartzite)
hillside sloping down to gallery forest, with
seeps and sedge meadows just above forest.
Shrub lj-0 cm tall; sterile; rocky hillside.
William R. Anderson 8^97	10 April 1973
H. S. Irwin & R.C. Barneby	197U
New York Botanical Garden
Revision of Cassia, Sect. Absus
Cassia cotinifolia G. Don var. cotinifolia
00959848