Chamaecrista potentilla var. potentilla

Title

Chamaecrista potentilla var. potentilla

Author(s)

Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Chamaecrista potentilla (Mart. ex Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. potentilla

Description

5a. Chamaecrista potentilla (Bentham) Irwin & Barneby var. potentilla. Cassia potentilla Martius ex Bentham, l.c., sens. str.—". . . in Brasilia, loco accuratius non indicato: Martius; in saxosis districtus Adamantium, prov. Minas Geraes: Gardner n. 4529; ad urbem Diamantina: Vauthier n. 154 . . ."—Holotypus, Martius s.n., M! = F Neg. 6524 = NY Neg. 9203; paratypi, Vauthier 154, G! Gardner 4529, BM, K!

Characters as given in key.—Collections: 15.

Quartzite and sandstone outcrops and in white sands along brooks or on seasonally moist stony campo, 790-1260 m, local but forming colonies along the crest and higher e. slope of centr. Sa. do Espinhaço (lat. 18°10'-18°40'S), centr. Minas Gerais.—Fl. V-VIII.