Monographic Studies in Cassia (Leguminosae Caesalpinioideae). Mem (30) NYBG BRAND and plant collectors of the

and plant collectors of the Intermountain West

and cotyledons laterally divaricate in the same horizontal plane

these absorbing stories argue that the best solutions for sustainably managing tropical forests come from the people who live in them

The revision aims to improve the reputation of one of the most infamous genera of Andean plants: Cinchona

and infraspecific taxa

Monographic Studies in Cassia (Leguminosae Caesalpinioideae). Mem (30) NYBG BRAND and plant collectors of theThe revision of sects. Absus and Grimaldia in this work forms a third installment of a series projected toward a census of genus Cassia in the New World. Like its two predecessors, which dealt respectively with sect. Xerocalyx and subgenus Lasiorhegma, a group of some 250 (233 American) species characterized by the syndrome of bracteolate pedicels, elastically dehiscent pods, and short, deltately dilated seed funicles. The large sect. Absus (163