3536.010 Chamaecrista Moench

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.

Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Chamaecrista
Flora of Burundi: Chamaecrista
Flora of Caprivi: Chamaecrista
Flora of Malawi: Chamaecrista
Flora of Mozambique: Chamaecrista
Flora of Zambia: Chamaecrista
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chamaecrista

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chamaecrista
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chamaecrista
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chamaecrista
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iNaturalist: Chamaecrista
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chamaecrista
JSTOR Plant Science: Chamaecrista
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chamaecrista
Plants of the World Online: Chamaecrista
Tropicos: Chamaecrista
Wikipedia: Chamaecrista

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants: genus page: Chamaecrista.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=694, retrieved 21 November 2024

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