Chamaecrista nictitans var. glabrata information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench subsp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Genus: Chamaecrista
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Cassieae subtribe: Cassiinae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 100083
Place of publication: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:822. 1982
Name verified on: 19-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Jun-1997
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.

See other conspecific taxa:

Chamaecrista nictitans (7 accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. brachypoda (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. disadena (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. disadena var. disadena (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. disadena var. pilosa (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. nictitans (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. nictitans var. aspera (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. nictitans var. diffusa (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. nictitans var. jaliscensis (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. nictitans var. leptadenia (8 accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. nictitans var. nictitans (1 accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. patellaria (1 accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. patellaria var. paraguariensis (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. patellaria var. patellaria (no accessions)
Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. patellaria var. praetexta (no accessions)

Distributional range:

Native:

NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico [s.]
SOUTHERN AMERICA
Mesoamerica: Honduras; Nicaragua
Caribbean: Cuba; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Rico
Northern South America: Guyana; Venezuela
Brazil: Brazil - Para, Rondonia
Western South America: Peru [n.]

Other:

naturalized in tropical & subtropical Asia & elsewhere

References:

Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
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.
Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)

Synonyms:

(=) Cassia aeschinomene DC. ex Collad.
(=) Cassia lechenaultiana DC.
(previously associated with 2 accessions)
(≡) Cassia patellaria var. glabrata Vogel (basionym)
(=) Chamaecrista aeschinomene (DC. ex Collad.) Greene

Check other databases for Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench subsp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) H. S. Irwin & Barneby:

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

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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.

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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/npgs/sbml/jhw/public_html/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?100083 (16 March 2009)

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