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Taxon: Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene

Genus: Chamaecrista
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Cassieae subtribe: Cassiinae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 100077
Place of publication: Pittonia 4:27. 1899
Name verified on: 18-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Tamaulipas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Mexico - Tabasco, Yucatan
    Caribbean: Cuba [w.]
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia [e.]; Colombia [n.]
    Southern South America: Argentina - Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones; Paraguay

References:

  • Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
  • 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. 35:696.
  • Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). (Leg US)
  • Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100077 (16 March 2009)

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