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3536.010 Chamaecrista
Description of the genus
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. Worldwide: c.250 species in the tropics, mostly New World. |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| absus (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| biensis (Steyaert) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,S | |
| dimidiata (Roxb.) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,E | |
| falcinella (Oliv.) Lock var. parviflora (Steyaert) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,S | |
| fenarolii (Mendonça & Torre) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| gracilior (Ghesq.) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | |
| katangensis (Ghesq.) Lock var. nuda (Steyaert) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| kirkii (Oliv.) Standl. var. kirkii | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E | |
| mimosoides (L.) Greene | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| parva (Steyaert) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E | |
| polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. polytricha | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. pauciflora Brenan | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | Description, Image |
| stricta E. Mey. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | |
| wittei (Ghesq.) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| zambesica (Oliv.) Lock | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E |
Other sources of information about Chamaecrista:
Flora of Mozambique: ChamaecristaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chamaecrista
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chamaecrista
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chamaecrista
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chamaecrista
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chamaecrista
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