Senna splendida var. gloriosa

Title

Senna splendida var. gloriosa

Author(s)

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Senna splendida var. gloriosa H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Description

44b. [Senna splendida (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby var. gloriosa Irwin & Barneby, given erroneously as] Cassia splendida Vogel var. gloriosa Irwin & Barneby, var. nov., a var. splendida sepalis exterioribus quam interiores vix brevioribus lanceo- lato-acuminatis (16-) 18-28 mm longis apice recurvis, alabastris ideo ovato-acuminatis (nec subglobosis) diversa.—BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: 13 km by road w. of Januaria on road to Serra das Araras, 575 m, 19.IV.1973 (fl), W. R. Anderson 9148.—Holotypus, RB; isotypi, MO, NY, US.

As var. splendida, except for shape of sepals and consequently outline of fl- buds, as described in key.—Collections: 40.

Thickets and thin savanna woodlands, particularly in caatinga and cerrado, thence extending out into mata costeira on stabilized Atlantic dunes, widespread from near sea-level up to 610 m over the seasonally arid states of n.-e. Brazil, from Ceara to Pernambuco, interruptedly s. up the Rio Sao Francisco through e. Bahia just into northern Minas Gerais.—Fl. (III-)IV-X(-XI).—Aracino prato; canela de veado; sabia branca.