Senna oxyphylla var. hartwegii (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Authors

    Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

  • 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.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Senna oxyphylla var. hartwegii (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Type

    Holotypus, collected in fl in IV, K (hb. Benth.)! = NY Neg. 1559.—Chamaefistula hartwegii (Bentham) Killip ex Little, Caribbean Forester 9(3): 243. 1948.

  • Synonyms

    Cassia hartwegii Benth., Chamaefistula hartwegii (Benth.) Killip

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Hornotinous branchlets densely and foliage more thinly pilosulous with spreading hairs 0.2-0.4 mm; petioles 2.5-5.5 cm; long petals 10-16 mm; otherwise as given in key to varieties.—Collections: 17. [Key: "Stipules linear-setiform 0.3-0.5 mm wide; anthers of 3 abaxial stamens longer, the body 4.3-5 mm; thickened borders parallel to the pod’s sutures densely papillose."]

    Distribution and Ecology - Forest margins and thickets successor to forest-clearing, 10-700 m, locally plentiful on the coastal plain and first foothills of the Andes around the Gulf of Guayaquil in Los Rios, Guayas and El Oro, and Bahia de Caraquez in Manabi, Ecuador.—Fl. IV-VIII.

  • Distribution

    Los Ríos Ecuador South America| Guayas Ecuador South America| El Oro Ecuador South America| Manabí Ecuador South America|