Cassia spectabilis DC.

  • Authority

    Irwin, Howard S. 1966. Contributions to the botany of Guiana. IV. Legumonosae Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 112-128.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia spectabilis DC.

  • Description

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    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Altiplanicie de Nuria, Steyermark 88235, 88915.

  • Discussion

    Widely distributed in Central America, West Indies, and much of tropical South America but hitherto not known from Guiana. Bentham12 suggests the possibility of C. spectabilis occurring in Guiana but notes the erroneous identification of “most specimens from Guiana” as C. trinitatis Reichb. (= C. spectabilis DC); these were in fact C. lucens Vogel, sect. Chamaesenna. The cited collections, in flower and fruit, are unquestionably C. spectabilis.

  • Distribution

    VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Altiplanicie de Nuria, Steyermark 88235, 88915.

    Venezuela South America|