Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
Herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with ± cup-shaped sessile or stalked glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in 1-many-flowered racemes; pedicels with 2 bracteoles near or above the middle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens (4-5)10, all straight or nearly so. Anthers basifixed, longer than their short filaments. Pods flattened, elastically dehiscent, with twisting valves.
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Flora of Zimbabwe
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Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Chamaecrista Moench:
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Suriname (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Colombia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Suriname (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Colombia (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Berendsohn, W. G. & A. E. A. González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Familia 118: Leguminosae. Cuscatlania 1(2): 1–16.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9808
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Zamora Villalobos, N. 2010. Fabaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 119: 395–775.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100003899
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Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
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USDA, NRCS. 2007. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100004579
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Chamaecrista tagera (L.) Standl.:
Venezuela (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Venezuela (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. 1–860. In O. Hokche, P. E. Berry & O. Huber Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
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Argentina (South America)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Paraguay (South America)
Suriname (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Argentina (South America)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Paraguay (South America)
Suriname (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Floríst. México 1: 1–123.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/511
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Steyermark, J. 1995. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Project.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/158
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Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1012086
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Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072
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Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. 369 pp.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1411
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McVaugh, R. 1987. Leguminosae. 5: 1–786. In R. McVaugh Fl. Novo-Galiciana. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1314
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Berendsohn, W. G. & A. E. A. González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Familia 118: Leguminosae. Cuscatlania 1(2): 1–16.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9808
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Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: A synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 1–918 [in 2 parts].
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/55
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Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. N. S. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1031911
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Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42250
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Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/513
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Burkart, A. 1987. Leguminosae, Rafflesiaceae. In A. Burkart. 3: 442–738,. In A. Burkart Fl. Il. Entre Ríos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43605
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Pérez, A., M. Sousa Sánchez, A. M. Hanan-Alipi, F. Chiang Cabrera & P. Tenorio L. 2005. Vegetación terrestre. 65–110. In Biodivers. Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1030034
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Zamora Villalobos, N. 2010. Fabaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 119: 395–775.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100003899
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D'Arcy, W. G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: v–xxx, 1–328.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1289
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García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Cassia kunthiana Schltdl. & Cham.:
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Janzen, D. H. & R. Liesner. 1980. Annotated Check-list of Plants of Lowland Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Exclusive of Grasses and Non-Vascular Cryptogams. Brenesia 18: 15–90.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1432
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Cassia tagera L.:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Venezuela (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Venezuela (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946. Leguminosae. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5): 1–368.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/26
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Nelson, C. 1978. Contribuciones a la Flora de la Mosquitia, Honduras. Ceiba 22(1): 41–64.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/5269
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Dwyer, J. D. & D. L. Spellman. 1981. A list of the Dicotyledoneae of Belize. Rhodora 83(834): 161–236.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1811
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Standley, P. C. 1937. Flora of Costa Rica. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18(2): 487–559.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/314
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Matuda, E. 1981. Las Leguminosas del Estado de Mexico Gobierno del Estado de Mexico. 251 pp.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/92
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Schery, R. W. 1951. Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38(1): 1–94.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/63
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Cowan, R. S. 1957. The Machris Brazilian Expedition - Botany: Phanerogamae, Leguminosae. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. 13: 1–22.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1732
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Seymour, F. C. 1973. Cassia in Nicaragua. Phytologia 27(5): 330–348.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/366
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
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| Specimen Records: | 68 | Public Records: | 36 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 70 | Public Species: | 15 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 70 | Public BINs: | 0 |
| Species: | 19 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 18 | ||
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Barcode data
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Wikipedia
Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea.[2] Several species are capable of rapid plant movement.
Selected species
- Chamaecrista absus
- Chamaecrista bucherae (Mold.) Irwin & Barneby (Cuba)
- Chamaecrista fasciculata Michx. – Showy Partridge Pea
- Chamaecrista glandulosa (L.) Greene – Jamaican Broom
- Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench
References
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