Chamaecrista olesiphylla (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Filed As

    Caesalpiniaceae
    Chamaecrista olesiphylla (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Anderson 11567 with G. Hatschbach, R. C. Barneby, B. E. Gates, 24 Feb 1975

  • Location

    Brazil. Minas Gerais. Gouveia Mun. Serra do Espinhaço, 35 km SW of Diamantina on BR-259.

  • Habitat

    Hill with sandstone outcrops. Bare stony hilltop.

  • Description

    Many-stemmed shrub with widely ascending, distally leafy branches, forming depressed hemispherial shrubs to 3 m. diam & 6 dm high; mostly sterile, flowers yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00960684

    Occurrence ID: 89ff4398-38af-4882-b1f4-9da35da11021

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Minas Gerais

  • County/Municipio

    Gouveia Mun.

  • Locality

    Serra do Espinhaço, 35 km SW of Diamantina on BR-259

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1250 m. (4101 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -18.5, -43.72

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    10000

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New York Botanical Garden
Revision of Cassia sect. Chamaecrista
of the Americas
Cassia olesiphylla Vog.
H. S. Irwin & R. C. Bameby	1976
PLANTS OF BRAZIL
Collected far The New York Botanical Garden and the Museu Botánico
Municipal de Curitiba by W- R. Anderson, G. Hatschbach,
R. C. Bameby, and B. E. Gates
Cassia olesiphylla Vogel
det. R. Bameby, 1975
HINAS GERAIS. Mun. Gouvela: Serra do Espinhaco,
ca. 35 km SW of Diamantina on BR-259; elev.
1250 m; hill with sandstone outcrops.
Many-stemmed shrub with widely ascending, dis-
tally leafy branches, forming depressed hemi-
spherlal shrubs to 3 m dlam & 6 dm high;
mostly sterile, flowers yellow; bare stony
hilltop.
William R Anderson 11567	24 February 1978,
Field work aupported by the National Science Foundation, The Mew York
Botanical Garden, the Prefeitura de Curitiba, Paraná, and
The University of Michigan
00960684