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Chamaecrista

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Chamaecrista

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Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.

Species

partridge pea

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toBrazil Southeast
Observations43,535
Observations recorded232,597

General: species in Chamaecrista sect. Absus by its sessile leaves Flower: Chamaecrista deltoidea was collected in June, with flowers

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6,112
With media
1,092
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
CICY, FC-UNAM, FCB-BUAP, INECOL, UJAT, IIB-UV
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Brazil

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • Section ''Apoucouita'' <small>Benth.</small>
  • Section ''Absus'' <small>DC. ex Colladon emend. Irwin & Barneby</small>
  • Section ''Caliciopsis'' <small>Irwin & Barneby</small>
  • Section ''Chamaecrista'' <small>Moench</small>
  • Section ''Grimaldia'' <small>(Schrank) Irwin & Barneby</small>
  • Section ''Xerocalyx'' <small>(Bentham) Irwin & Barneby</small>
  • ''[[Incertae sedis]]''
  • Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
  • References
  • External links

Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.

Chamaecrista has 367 species, with a wide distribution – the Americas from Minnesota to northern Argentina, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chamaecrista” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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