Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta (Schorn &amp; Gordon-Gray) Lock
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 plumosa
Chamaecrista plumosa var. erecta (schorn &amp; gordon-Gray) lock,

description: 10b. CHAMAECRISTA PLUMOSA var. ERECTA (Schorn &amp; Gordon-Gray) Lock, Kew Bull. 43 (2): 337 (1988). <i>Cassia plumosa</i> var. <i>erecta</i> Schorn &amp; Gordon-Gray 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, <i>Schorn 36</i> (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 <i>–</i> 90 × 2–10 mm. <i> <i>Diagnostic Characters</i> — Chamaecrista plumosa var. <i>erecta</i> is distinguished from <i>C. plumosa</i> var. <i>plumosa</i> 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.</i> <i> <i>Distribution and Ecology</i> — Chamaecrista plumosa var. <i>erecta</i> is common in Louwsburg through Pietermaritzburg to Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal. It occurs in grasslands at an altitude below 800 m (Fig. 15). Flowering from September to March.</i> <b> <i>Additional Specimens Examined</i> — South Africa. — KWAZULU-NATAL: <b>2731 (Louwsburg):</b> Tygerskloof Estate, Ngome area (–AD), 9 Feb 2001, <i>Potgieter 425</i> (NU)</b> ; Ngotshe, Ngome Forest (–CD), 11 Feb 1962, <i>Tinley 743</i> (NU). <b>2831 (Nkandla):</b> near Dhlinza Forest, Eshowe (–DA), 21 Jan 1963, <i>Edwards 2870</i> (NU). <b>2832 (Mtubatuba):</b> Hlabisa, Monzi Settlement (–AD), 7 Apr 1966, <i>Strey 6568</i> (PRE). <b>2930 (Pietermaritzburg):</b> Laager Farm, near Harburgh (–BD), 10 Dec 2005, <i>Majola &amp; Marimuthoo 2986</i> (NH); Maidstone, N coast (–CA), 14 Feb 1944, <i>Hilliard 12</i> (NU, 2 Sheets); 4 km from Pietermaritzburg on the Greytown road (–CB), 10 Dec 1988, <i>Edwards</i> (PRE); Richmond, Tala Farm (–CD), 8 Mar 1966, <i>Moll 3073</i> (PRE); Cato Ridge, inland of Durban (–DA), 2 Feb 2013, <i>Styles 3960</i> (NH); Camperdown, Inchanga (–DC), 23 Feb 1966, <i>Hilliard 3883</i> (NU); Camperdown Inchanga (–DC), 23 Feb 1964, <i>Hilliard 2722</i> (NU); Pietermaritzburg (–DC), 16 Feb 1969, <i>Strey 8367</i> (PRE); Greater Durban area, Queensburgh (–DD), 24 Feb 1993, <i>Ward 12248</i> (NH). <b>3030 (Port Shepstone):</b> Richmond road (–AB), 18 Dec 1947, <i>Barker 5141</i> (NBG); S Coast, Paddock Altenburg (–CD), 26 Jan 1997, <i>Von Fintel 406</i> (NH); Port Shepstone, Margate (–CD), 12 Feb 1973, <i>Strey 11065</i> (NU). <b>3130 (Port Edward):</b> Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, Beacon Hill (–AA), 19 Mar 2018, <i>Musandiwa 18</i> (NBG); Beacon Hill (–AA), 8 Feb 1980, <i>Nicholson 2057</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 pages 1008-1009, DOI: 10.1600/036364422x16674053033831, http://zenodo.org/record/8117056