Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Sensitive partridge pea
English name: sensitive cassia English name: sensitive partridge-pea
Grown habit: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
Synonyms:
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans
2) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. aspera (Muhl. ex Elliot) Irwin & Barneby
3) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. diffusa (DC.) Irwin & Barneby
4) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. jaliscensis (Greenm.) Irwin & Barneby [excluded]
5) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch
6) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
7) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) Irwin & Barneby
8) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) Irwin &
9) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) Irwin & Barneby var. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.)
10) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench var. hebecarpa (Fernald) C.F. Reed
11) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench var. leiocarpa (Fernald) Moldenke
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Chamaecrista
Species:
Page counter: 2114 ( AVG: 222.34 / 291.399 )
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Chamaecrista nictitans
Habit at Kaupo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 337.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Flower and leaves at Wailea 670, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Flowering and fruiting habit at LZ1, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Flower and seedpod at Lua Makika, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Voucher 050419 18 at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Leaves flowers fruit at Huelo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Chamaecrista nictitans
Leaves flowers fruit at Huelo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Habit at Kaupo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Leaves and flowers at Huelo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Habit at Papanalahoa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
View mauka at Waiopai, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chamaecrista nictitans
Flower and leaves at LZ1, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench var. hebecarpa (Fernald) C.F. Reed [137]
2) Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench var. leiocarpa (Fernald) Moldenke [149]
3) Chamaecrista patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) Greene [159]
4) Chamaecrista procumbens (L.) Greene [148]
5) Chamaecrista rostrata Woot. & Standl. [142]
6) Chamaecrista wrightii (A. Gray) Woot. & Standl. [129]
7) Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Siebold & Zucc. ex Endl. [603]
8) Chamaecystis palmensis (Christ) F.A. Bisby & K.W. Nicholls [168]
9) Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench [361]
10) Chamaefistula antillana Britton & Rose [147]
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