USDA ARS United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
  GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
Jump to distribution  Jump to references  Jump to synonyms  Jump to links to other online resources  Jump to images

***Please tell us why you value GRIN Taxonomy***

Taxon: Chamaecrista diphylla (L.) Greene

Genus: Chamaecrista
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Caesalpinioideae tribe: Cassieae subtribe: Cassiinae. Also placed in: Caesalpiniaceae
Nomen number: 100087
Place of publication: Pittonia 4:28. 1899
Name verified on: 18-Feb-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Distributional range:

Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico [s.]
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Central America
    Caribbean: Cuba; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts; St. Vincent and Grenadines - St. Vincent; Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil - Amazonas, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Para, Rio de Janeiro
    Western South America: Colombia [n.e.]

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. 35:891.
  • Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. (Leg Maraca)
More:

Synonyms:


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

  • 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
| USDA | ARS | GRIN | NPGS | New Search |
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?100087 (16 March 2009)

Please send us your comments

Close Window

Ctrl P to print