Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

  • Filed As

    Caesalpiniaceae
    Senna occidentalis (L.) Link

  • Collector(s)

    H. S. Irwin 19086 with H, Maxwell, D. C. Wasshausen, 23 Jan 1968

  • Location

    Brazil. Goiás. Cocalzinho de Goiás Mun. 60 km N. of Corumbá de Goiás on road to Niquelândia, valley of Rio Maranhão. Serra dos Pirineus.

  • Habitat

    Common in disturbed ground, abandoned cultivation. Gallery and adjacent cerrado.

  • Description

    Malodorous herb ca. 1.5 m. tall. Corolla yellow-orange, closing in afternoon. Fruit green. Phenology of specimen: Fruit, Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00980695

    Occurrence ID: ac38fbc4-68d6-48a3-aa58-9db589201283

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Goiás

  • County/Municipio

    Cocalzinho de Goiás Mun.

  • Locality

    60 km N. of Corumbá de Goiás on road to Niquelândia, valley of Rio Maranhão. Serra dos Pirineus.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 750 m. (2461 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -15.48, -48.58

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    10000

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN /
Plants of the Planalto do Brasil
Serra dos Pirineus
Nol9086
il/YVtofa 1(i*1) Lk .
Malodorous herb ca. l.£m tall. Corolla yel-
low-orange, closing in afternoon. Fruit
green. Common in disturbed ground^ abandon-
ed cultivation. 60km N. of^Corumba de Goias
on road to Niquelandia, Goias in valley of
Rio Maranhao. Gallery and adjacent cerrado,
ca. 750 m. elevation«
H. S. Irwin, H. Maxwell,
D. C. Wasshausen	23 January 1968
Field work conducted with the collaboration of the Universidade de Brasilia.
Instituto Agronómico do Norte, and the Ministerio da Agricultura. Supported in
part by funds from the National Science Foundation.
00980695