Chamaecrista comosa subsp. comosa E. Mey.
Creators: name: Musandiwa, Liada
name: Magee, Anthony R.
name: Boatwright, James S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista comosa
Chamaecrista comosa e.mey. subsp. comosa

description: 4a. CHAMAECRISTA COMOSA E.Mey. subsp. COMOSA. <i>Cassia comosa</i> var. <i>comosa</i> Steyaert, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 251 (1950); Gordon-Gray in F.S.A. 16 (2): 97 (1977). <i>Cassia comosa</i> var. <i>lanata</i> Steyaert, Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 20: 252 (1950). TYPE: SOUTH AFRICA. Mtunzini, Myezaan Zulu Reserve, near Ngonyi, <i>Wood 3855</i> (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. <i> <i>Diagnostic Characters</i> — Chamaecrista comosa subsp. <i>comosa</i> is distinguished by large, sessile extrafloral nectaries that are sunken in on the rachis (Fig. 3E), 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).</i> <i> <i>Distribution and Ecology</i> — Chamaecrista comosa subsp. <i>comosa</i> is widely distributed in the coastal regions of KwaZulu-Natal from Mtubatuba, through Port Edward, extending to Butterworth in the Eastern Cape (Fig. 7). It grows in open grassland with a high water table on granite soil or sand at altitudes below 1000 m. Flowering from September–March.</i> <b> <i>Additional Specimens Examined</i> — South Africa. — KWAZULU-NATAL: <b>2732 (Ubombo):</b> Ubombo, St. Lucia Eastern (–DC), 21 Sep 1982, <i>Cawood 149</i> (NH)</b> . <b>2830 (Dundee):</b> Ubisana Valley (–BA), 21 Oct 1966, <i>Venter 2741</i> (PRE); Mtunzini, Hamewith (–CC), 18 Nov 1919, <i>Mogg 5858</i> (PRE). <b>2831 (Nkandla):</b> 5 km from Eshowe, Eyrie Farm (–CD), 12 Oct 1975, <i>Stirton 5343</i> (PRE); Eshowe outside Hlinza forest (–CD), 24 Oct 1974, <i>Stirton 1289</i> (PRE); just outside Hlinza Forest (–CD), 10 Dec 1973, <i>Stirton 423</i> (NU); W Empangeni (–DB), 27 Aug 1949, <i>Lawn 320A</i> (PRE); Ngoya Mts (–DC), 11 Dec 1968, <i>Strey 8301</i> (PRE); Ngoye Forest Reserve (–DD), 24 Oct 1974, <i>Stirton 1275</i> (PRE); Mtunzini (–DD), 1 May 1919, <i>Mogg 4301</i> (PRE). <b>2832 (Mtubatuba):</b> Mtubatuba, W of St. Lucia Estuary (–AA), 30 Nov 1959, <i>Ward 5</i> (NU); Dukuduku forest (–AD), 4 Oct 1961, <i>Hitchins 75</i> (NU); Lughawe, St. Lucia (–AD), 21 Dec 1973, <i>Grobbelaar 1824</i> (PRE); St. Lucia estuary (–AD), 30 Nov 1959, <i>Feely &amp; Ward 5</i> (PRE); Mpathe Valley, near Mpathe forest (–AD), 24 Oct 1971, <i>Ward 7313</i> (PRE); north coast Lake Nhlabane (–CB), 3 Jan 1992, <i>Ward 11595</i> (NU). <b>2931 (Stanger):</b> Ngoye forest (–BA), 21 Nov 1965, <i>Hilliard 3179</i> (NU). <b>3030 (Port Shepstone):</b> first sugar farm from Isingolweni on road to Port Edward (–CC), 7 Nov 1974, <i>Stirton 1375</i> (PRE); Beacon Hill (–CC), 2 Nov 1981, <i>Van Wyk</i> (PRE); Margate (–CD), 15 Dec 1936, <i>Mogg 13291</i> (PRE); ca. 8 km from Port Edward on Izingolweni road (–CD), 1 Sep 1963, <i>Hilliard 1655</i> (NU); Wichmann’ s Farm, St. Michaels on sea (–CD), 28 Dec 1968, <i>Ross 1877</i> (PRE); Uvongo, S coast Skyline Farn (–CD), 6 Nov 1967, <i>Mogg 36557</i> (PRE); Southbroom (–CD), 25 Oct 1975, <i>Stirton 5635</i> (PRE); coastal grassland (–DC), 6 Nov 1980, <i>Stirton 8075</i> (PE). <b>3130 (Port Edward):</b> 500 m from the sea opposite Hills (–AA), 9 Dec 1971, <i>Grobbelaar 1534</i> (PRE); Clearwater (–AA), 7 Sep 1982, <i>Abbott 265</i> (PRE); Umtamvuna Nature Reserve (–AA), 2 Nov 2017, <i>Nemando and Musandiwa 22</i> (NBG); Port Edward (–AA), 25 Oct 1975, <i>Stirton 5641</i> (PRE). — EASTERN CAPE: <b>3129 (Port St. Johns):</b> Lusikisiki, 12 miles (ca. 19.3 km) in Pondoland coastal sourveld (–BC), 13 Jan 1947, <i>Acocks 13247</i> (PRE); Transkei, Mkambati Nature Reserve (–BD), 1 Oct 1984, <i>Shackleton 48</i> (PRE); Mkambati Nature Reserve, NE of Education Centre (–BD), 13 Dec 1986, <i>Smook 6119</i> (PRE). <b>3228 (Butterworth):</b> at turn off to Mzamba River mouth, 5 km S of Port Edward (–CA), Oct 1973, <i>Arnold 792</i> (NU); turn off to Mzamba River mouth, S of Port Edward (–CA), Oct 1972, <i>Arnold 792</i> (PRE).
description: Published as part of <i>Musandiwa, Liada, Magee, Anthony R. &amp; Boatwright, James S., 2022, A Taxonomic Revision of Chamaecrista (Caesalpinioideae, Cassieae, Cassiinae) in Southern Africa, pp. 992-1011 in Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) (Basel, Switzerland) 47 (4)</i> on page 1001, DOI: 10.1600/036364422x16674053033831, http://zenodo.org/record/8117056