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.

Caprivi: 10 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
absus (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby	Description, Image
falcinella (Oliv.) Lock[Agg]
gracilior (Ghesq.) Lock
kirkii (Oliv.) Standl. var. kirkii
kirkii (Oliv.) Standl.[Agg]
mimosoides (L.) Greene	Description, Image
parva (Steyaert) Lock
polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. polytricha	Description, Image
stricta E. Mey.	Description, Image
wittei (Ghesq.) Lock

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Flora of Botswana: Chamaecrista
Flora of Caprivi: Chamaecrista
Flora of Malawi: Chamaecrista
Flora of Mozambique: Chamaecrista
Flora of Zambia: Chamaecrista
Flora of Zambia: cultivated 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
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chamaecrista
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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