Cassia cowanii var. cowanii

Title

Cassia cowanii var. cowanii

Author(s)

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Cassia cowanii H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. cowanii

Description

5b. Cassia cowanii Irwin & Barneby var. cowanii. C. cowanii Irwin & Barneby, ut supra descripta, sens. str.—BRAZIL. Amapa: in forest near Pedra Preta, Rio Amapari [Mapary], Sa. do Navio, 22.XI.1954 (fl), Richard S. Cowan 38503.—Holotypus, NY; isotypi, GH, US.

Characters as given in key; petals golden-yellow.—Collections: 4.—Fig. 4.

Upland forested hill-country, 70—120 m, known only from the basins of the Araguari and Oiapoque rivers in n.-e. Amapa, Brazil and adjoining French Guiana.—Fl. IX-XII.

Notably different from var. guianensis in the small flower and included long stamens.