Chamaecrista comosa subsp. comosa, E. Mey.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8117113 |
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Marileroux |
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Chamaecrista comosa subsp. comosa |
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4a. CHAMAECRISTA COMOSA E.Mey. subsp. COMOSA View in CoL .
Cassia comosa var. comosa Steyaert View in CoL , Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 251 (1950); Gordon-Gray in F.S.A. 16 (2): 97 (1977).
Cassia comosa var. lanata Steyaert View in CoL , Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 252 (1950).
TYPE: SOUTH AFRICA. Mtunzini, Myezaan Zulu Reserve, near Ngonyi , Wood 3855 (holotype: K [ K000417586 ]–image!, isotype: NH!).
Perennial herbs, to 0.5 m tall. Stems simple, single stemmed, arising from woody rootstock. Leaves paripinnate, 30–150 × 10–20 mm; leaflets 6–36-jugate, 6–17 × 2–5 mm; stipules 8–14 mm; large, sessile extrafloral nectaries, sunken in rachis channel. Pedicels 10–25 mm long. Pods 44–65 × 4–7 mm.
Diagnostic Characters — Chamaecrista comosa subsp. comosa is distinguished by large, sessile extrafloral nectaries that are sunken in on the rachis ( Fig. 3E View FIG ), and larger general morphology (i.e. leaves 30–150 × 10–20 mm; leaflets 6–17 × 2–5 mm; stipules 8–14 mm, pedicels 10–25 mm long, and pods 44–65 × 4–7 mm).
Distribution and Ecology — Chamaecrista comosa subsp. comosa is widely distributed in the coastal regions of KwaZulu-Natal from Mtubatuba, through Port Edward, extending to Butterworth in the Eastern Cape ( Fig. 7 View FIG ). It grows in open grassland with a high water table on granite soil or sand at altitudes below 1000 m. Flowering from September–March.
Additional Specimens Examined — South Africa. — KWAZULU-NATAL: 2732 (Ubombo): Ubombo, St. Lucia Eastern (–DC), 21 Sep 1982, Cawood 149 ( NH) . 2830 (Dundee): Ubisana Valley (–BA), 21 Oct 1966, Venter 2741 ( PRE) ; Mtunzini, Hamewith (–CC), 18 Nov 1919, Mogg 5858 ( PRE) . 2831 (Nkandla): 5 km from Eshowe, Eyrie Farm (–CD), 12 Oct 1975, Stirton 5343 ( PRE) ; Eshowe outside Hlinza forest (–CD), 24 Oct 1974, Stirton 1289 ( PRE) ; just outside Hlinza Forest (–CD), 10 Dec 1973, Stirton 423 ( NU) ; W Empangeni (–DB), 27 Aug 1949, Lawn 320A ( PRE) ; Ngoya Mts (–DC), 11 Dec 1968, Strey 8301 ( PRE) ; Ngoye Forest Reserve (–DD), 24 Oct 1974, Stirton 1275 ( PRE) ; Mtunzini (–DD), 1 May 1919, Mogg 4301 ( PRE) . 2832 (Mtubatuba): Mtubatuba, W of St. Lucia Estuary (–AA), 30 Nov 1959, Ward 5 ( NU) ; Dukuduku forest (–AD), 4 Oct 1961, Hitchins 75 ( NU) ; Lughawe, St. Lucia (–AD), 21 Dec 1973, Grobbelaar 1824 ( PRE) ; St. Lucia estuary (–AD), 30 Nov 1959, Feely & Ward 5 ( PRE) ; Mpathe Valley, near Mpathe forest (–AD), 24 Oct 1971, Ward 7313 ( PRE) ; north coast Lake Nhlabane (–CB), 3 Jan 1992, Ward 11595 ( NU) . 2931 (Stanger): Ngoye forest (–BA), 21 Nov 1965, Hilliard 3179 ( NU) . 3030 (Port Shepstone): first sugar farm from Isingolweni on road to Port Edward (–CC), 7 Nov 1974, Stirton 1375 ( PRE) ; Beacon Hill (–CC), 2 Nov 1981, Van Wyk ( PRE) ; Margate (–CD), 15 Dec 1936, Mogg 13291 ( PRE) ; ca. 8 km from Port Edward on Izingolweni road (–CD), 1 Sep 1963, Hilliard 1655 ( NU) ; Wichmann’ s Farm, St. Michaels on sea (–CD), 28 Dec 1968, Ross 1877 ( PRE) ; Uvongo, S coast Skyline Farn (–CD), 6 Nov 1967, Mogg 36557 ( PRE) ; Southbroom (–CD), 25 Oct 1975, Stirton 5635 ( PRE) ; coastal grassland (–DC), 6 Nov 1980, Stirton 8075 ( PE) . 3130 (Port Edward): 500 m from the sea opposite Hills (–AA), 9 Dec 1971, Grobbelaar 1534 ( PRE) ; Clearwater (–AA), 7 Sep 1982, Abbott 265 ( PRE) ; Umtamvuna Nature Reserve (–AA), 2 Nov 2017, Nemando and Musandiwa 22 ( NBG) ; Port Edward (–AA), 25 Oct 1975, Stirton 5641 ( PRE) . — EASTERN CAPE: 3129 (Port St. Johns): Lusikisiki, 12 miles (ca. 19.3 km) in Pondoland coastal sourveld (–BC), 13 Jan 1947, Acocks 13247 ( PRE) ; Transkei, Mkambati Nature Reserve (–BD), 1 Oct 1984, Shackleton 48 ( PRE) ; Mkambati Nature Reserve, NE of Education Centre (–BD), 13 Dec 1986, Smook 6119 ( PRE) . 3228 (Butterworth): at turn off to Mzamba River mouth, 5 km S of Port Edward (–CA), Oct 1973, Arnold 792 ( NU) ; turn off to Mzamba River mouth, S of Port Edward (–CA), Oct 1972, Arnold 792 ( PRE) .
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