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Chloroleucon mangense var. vincentis (Benth.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes

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Chloroleucon vincentis (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Pithecolobium Vincentis Benth. Lend. Joum. Bot. 3: 222. 1844. Acacia Vincentis Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 222. 1860.
A shrub or small tree, the twigs and petioles sparingly pubescent or glabrous. Petioles slender, 1-2 cm. long, bearing a small orbicular gland above the base; pinnae 3-4 pairs; leaflets 5-9 pairs, submembranous, glabrate, obtuse or subtruncate, oblong to obovate, reticulate-veined, 8-10 mm. long; stipules linear-oblong, deciduous; peduncles 1-2 cm. long, pubescent; calyx about 2 mm. long; corolla about 5 mm. long; legume flat, linear, about 10 cm. long, 12-15 mm. wide.
Type locality: St. Vincent. Distribution; Martinique; St. Vincent.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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