Senna splendida (Vogel) H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. splendida
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Authors
Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby
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Authority
Irwin, Howard S. & Barneby, Rupert C. 1982. The American Cassiinae. A synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtrib Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35, part 1: 1-454.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Holotypus, †B = F Neg. 1747! neoholotypus, Sellow s.n., K! = NY Neg. 1449\ isotypi, F (fragm), FI (hb. Webb.)!
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Synonyms
Cassia splendida Vogel, Cassia splendida var. angustifolia Benth.
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Description
Variety Description - Characters of the species except as modified in the key. [Key: "Sepals at once strongly graduated and all obtuse, the 2 outermost broadly obovate-suborbicular 5-10(-11) mm, 1/4-2/3 as long as the long inner ones; fl-buds subglobose, very obtuse."]—Collections: 113.
Distribution and Ecology - Margins of dense forest, open scrub forest, disturbed woodland, entering diverse associations (coastal forest, mata de cipo, cerradao, cerrado, caatinga), surviving disturbance in capoeira, hedges and cocais, widespread along the Atlantic slope of Brazil, mostly from near sea level to 900 but locally in Sa. do Espinhaço up to 1300 m, from s. Sergipe s. to Sa. do Mar in Parana, less frequently inland to the middle and lower Sao Francisco basin and thence locally just in s. Piaui, the Triangulo Mineiro and centr. Sao Paulo; collected once on upper Rio Apa in s.-e. Paraguay; reported by Sellow from Uruguay, perhaps only cultivated; occasionally planted for ornament in Brazilian gardens (e.g. Rio de Janeiro; Lavras and Viçosa in Minas Gerais) and likewise in tropical Africa and Malay Peninsula.
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Distribution
Paraná Brazil South America| Piauí Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Paraguay South America| Uruguay South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America|