Comprehensive Description
(
Anglèis
)
fornì da North American Flora
Palmerocassia pringlei (Rose) Britton
Cassia Pringlei Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 194. 1899. Cassia morelensis Greennian, Proc. Amer. Acad. 39: 79. 1903.
A shrub, 2.5-4 m. high, the stiiT twigs glabrous, sparingly pubescent, or villous. Stipules minute; leaves alternate or fascicled, glabrous or sparingly pubescent; leaflets 2-4 pairs, shortoblong to obovate or orbicular, 5-10 mm. long, obtuse, apiculate; inflorescence axillary or terminal, longer than the subtending leaves, few-flowered; sepals ovate to orbicular, 5-10 mm. long; petals 2-2.5 cm. long; legume up to 2 dm. long, 7-8 mm. wide, glabrous, short-stipitate, reticulate-veined. •
Type locality: Tomellin, Oaxaca.
Distribution: Morelos, Colima, Puebla, and Oaxaca.
- sitassion bibliogràfica
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
