Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gaumerocassia andrieuxii (Benth.) Britton
Cassia Andrieuxii Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 548. 1871. Caiiia/wtoa Brand. Zoe 5: 233. 1906.
A shrub, the twigs, petioles, rachis and inflorescence densely tomentose. Stipules small, caducous; leaflets 3-5 pairs, obovate to ovate-oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long, obtuse or rounded at apex, velvety pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath; racemes densely several-flowered; pedicels slender, 1-2.5 cm. long, pubescent; sepals pubescent, unequal, 6-10 mm. long; petals unequal, 8-16 mm. long; legume broadly linear, straight, S-IO cm. long, S12 mm. broad, rounded or acute at apex, short-stipitate, pubescent or hirsute.
Type locality: Oaxaca. Distribution: Oaxaca and Puebla.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
