Comprehensive Description
(
anglais
)
fourni par North American Flora
Chamaecrista macdougaliana Rose
Cassia MacDougaliana Ruse, Conlr. V. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 267. 1909.
A small, compact shrub, 3-6 dm. high, the twigs short-pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm. long; petiolar gland short-stipitate ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, elliptic to oblong-obovate, coriaceous, 6-7 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, acute, obtuse or subtruncate, aristulate, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent beneath, the costa nearly central, the pinnate venation ascending; pedicels very slender, 1-2 cm. long, puberulent; sepals membranous, ovate, obtuse, 3-5 mm. long; petals very unequal, the larger ones 10-14 mm. long; legume linear, 2.5-3 cm. long, about 3 mm. wide, glabrate.
Typb locality: Tehuacan, Puebla. Distribution: Puebla.
- citation bibliographique
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
