Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta, (Schorn & Gordon-Gray) Lock

Musandiwa, Liada, Magee, Anthony R. & Boatwright, James S., 2022, A Taxonomic Revision of Chamaecrista (Caesalpinioideae, Cassieae, Cassiinae) in Southern Africa, Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 47 (4), pp. 992-1011 : 1008-1009

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https://doi.org/ 10.1600/036364422x16674053033831

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8117141

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scientific name

Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta
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10b. CHAMAECRISTA PLUMOSA var. ERECTA (Schorn & Gordon-Gray) Lock, View in CoL Kew Bull. 43 (2): 337 (1988).

Cassia plumosa var. erecta Schorn & Gordon-Gray View in CoL in J. S. Afr. 41: 153 (1975); Gordon-Gray in F.S.A. 16 (2): 104 (1977).

TYPE: SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg (2930), ‘ Camperdown, Inchanga’ , (–DC), 9 March 1972, Schorn 36 (holotype: NU!).

Perennial herbs to 1.8 m tall. Stems erect, often single stemmed or with few stems, simple or sub-simple, branching on the upper half, glabrous or covered with short, and/or long, straight greyish or yellow hairs. Leaves 15 – 90 × 2–10 mm.

Diagnostic Characters — Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta is distinguished from C. plumosa var. plumosa by its erect stems up to 1.8 m tall, branching in the upper half, with stems densely covered with short and/or long straight greyish or yellowish hairs and long leaves, up to 90 mm long.

Distribution and Ecology — Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta is common in Louwsburg through Pietermaritzburg to Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal. It occurs in grasslands at an altitude below 800 m ( Fig. 15 View FIG ). Flowering from September to March.

Additional Specimens Examined — South Africa. — KWAZULU-NATAL: 2731 (Louwsburg): Tygerskloof Estate, Ngome area (–AD), 9 Feb 2001, Potgieter 425 ( NU) ; Ngotshe, Ngome Forest (–CD), 11 Feb 1962, Tinley 743 ( NU) . 2831 (Nkandla): near Dhlinza Forest, Eshowe (–DA), 21 Jan 1963, Edwards 2870 ( NU) . 2832 (Mtubatuba): Hlabisa, Monzi Settlement (–AD), 7 Apr 1966, Strey 6568 ( PRE) . 2930 (Pietermaritzburg): Laager Farm, near Harburgh (–BD), 10 Dec 2005, Majola & Marimuthoo 2986 ( NH) ; Maidstone, N coast (–CA), 14 Feb 1944, Hilliard 12 ( NU, 2 Sheets) ; 4 km from Pietermaritzburg on the Greytown road (–CB), 10 Dec 1988, Edwards ( PRE) ; Richmond, Tala Farm (–CD), 8 Mar 1966, Moll 3073 ( PRE) ; Cato Ridge, inland of Durban (–DA), 2 Feb 2013, Styles 3960 ( NH) ; Camperdown, Inchanga (–DC), 23 Feb 1966, Hilliard 3883 ( NU) ; Camperdown Inchanga (–DC), 23 Feb 1964, Hilliard 2722 ( NU) ; Pietermaritzburg (–DC), 16 Feb 1969, Strey 8367 ( PRE) ; Greater Durban area, Queensburgh (–DD), 24 Feb 1993, Ward 12248 ( NH) . 3030 (Port Shepstone): Richmond road (–AB), 18 Dec 1947, Barker 5141 ( NBG) ; S Coast, Paddock Altenburg (–CD), 26 Jan 1997, Von Fintel 406 ( NH) ; Port Shepstone, Margate (–CD), 12 Feb 1973, Strey 11065 ( NU) . 3130 (Port Edward): Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, Beacon Hill (–AA), 19 Mar 2018, Musandiwa 18 ( NBG) ; Beacon Hill (–AA), 8 Feb 1980, Nicholson 2057 ( PRE) .

PRE

PRE

NBG

NBG

NU

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science

PRE

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

NH

South African National Biodiversity Institute

NBG

South African National Biodiversity Institute

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Chamaecrista

Loc

Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta

Musandiwa, Liada, Magee, Anthony R. & Boatwright, James S. 2022
2022
Loc

CHAMAECRISTA PLUMOSA var. ERECTA

Lock 1988: 337
1988
Loc

Cassia plumosa var. erecta

Schorn & Gordon-Gray 1975: 153
1975
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