Senna papillosa (Britton & Rose) H.S.Irwin & Barneby var. papillosa

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Veracruz

• Locality

  Lower E slopes of Sierra de los Tuxtlas along gulf coast: vic. of Las Tuxtlas Tropical Biological Sta., 5 km (by rd.) NW of Playa Escondida, 8 km (by the same dirt road) SE of Montepio, 16 km (by air) N of Catemaco

• Elevation

  Alt. 25 - 100 m. (82 - 328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  18.57, -95.08

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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CAESALPINIOIDEAE OF VERACRUZ
Senna papillosa (Britt. & Rose) Irwin & Barneby
var. papillosa
Alex Lasseigne, 1984
Nicholls State University; Thibodaux, LA
Univ. of Wisconsin Herbarium, Madison (WIS
ADDITIONAL FIELD NOTES FOR Cochrane et al.
8611:	Erect,	slender-stemmed arborescent
shrub 1.2-4.0 m tall, the largest plant 4 cm
dbh.; firs, dull light yellow, showy, held
semi-pendent below the leaves; anthers butte;
scotch colored, brown when old. Seen being
visited by a very large blue-black bee and
being rested (but not fed) upon by giant
grasshoppers. (Cytological material collecte«
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Mexican research
trip, summer 1978. Participants:	G.J.	Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, & M.A. Raveret.
MEXICO
Edo. de VERACRUZ
Cassia cf. baciilaris L.f.
Theodore S. Cochrane, with Barbara A. Coch-
rane, George M. Diggs, & Celeste M. Corcoran
Infrequent; 4 plants seen
between here and Montepio in
thickets at very forest edge
Lower E slopes of Sierra
de los Tuxtlas along gulf
coast: vie. of Las Tuxtlas
Tropical Biological Sta.,
5 km (by rd.) NW of Playa ---------------_
Escondida, 8 km (by the same dirt rd.) SE of
Montepio, 16 km (by air) N of CATEMACO.
Tropical Rain Forest ("Selva Alta Perennifo-
lia"), mostly cleared: (a$) fencerow thicket;
b) isolated tree in pasture; c) forest rem-
nant on gentle slope. Alt. ca. 25-100 m.
(18 34 *N, 95 05'w) No.: 8611
July 23, 1978
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