Fabaceae

Chamaecrista Moench

First published in Methodus: 272 (1794)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Maine, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Primorye, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Tonga, Transcaucasus, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.495.1.1. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Irwin & Barneby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 636–895 (1982).
  • Meth. Pl. Hort. Bot. Marburg.: 272 (1794).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 10, 2003 Pennington, R.T. [219], Brazil K000206302 Yes
Apr 1, 2003 Giulietti, A.M. [2198], Bahia K000840039 Yes
May 1, 2001 Salas M., S.H. [3335], Mexico K000680425 No
Jan 1, 1995 Silva, G.P. de [1393], Bahia K000839981 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Silva, G.P. de [1324], Goiás K000839980 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Balam, F. [490], Mexico K000680429 No
Dec 1, 1992 Sandoval, E. [861], El Salvador K000680426 No
Nov 18, 1991 Alves, R.J.V. [1627], Minas Gerais K000839976 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [499], Goiás K000840016 Yes
Ribas, O.S. [7797], Minas Gerais K000840024 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], São Paulo K000840073 Yes
Barbosa, E. [2038], Mato Grosso do Sul K000840033 Yes
Silva, J.M. [5900], Minas Gerais K000840035 Yes
Teixeira, I.M. [10], Brazil K000840045 Yes
Pott, A. [12508], Mato Grosso do Sul K000840038 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [14446], Mexico K000680431 No
Gomide, C.C.C. [5], Brazil K000840046 Yes
Silva, G.P. [2515], Bahia K000840060 Yes
Fonseca, M.L. [1825], Goiás K000840067 Yes
Saint Pierre, M. [1065], Mexico K000680423 No
Cordeiro, J. [2811], Tocantins K000840032 Yes
Laurênio, A. [13], Pernambuco K000839999 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [7439], Bahia K000839991 Yes
Raynal, A. [15926], Guadeloupe K000680427 No
Lima, H.C. [2979], Espírito Santo K000839982 Yes
Cavalcanti, T.B. [1478], Goiás K000840071 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [13599], Minas Gerais K000840012 Yes
Ribas, O.S. [7802], Minas Gerais K000840025 Yes
Silva, A.S.L. [1818], Brazil K000840065 Yes
Gibbs, P. [2371], Minas Gerais K000839983 Yes
Lima, V.L.G.F. [39], Brazil K000840004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000839989 Yes
Fonseca, M.L. [1792], Goiás K000840069 Yes
Ribas, O.S. [7631], Minas Gerais K000840021 Yes
Silva, J.M. [5688], Minas Gerais K000840023 Yes
Martinelli, G. [16127], Piauí K000839988 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5449], Bahia K000840007 Yes
Menandro, M.S. [100], Maranhão K000839998 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [3841], Bahia K000840037 Yes
Thomas, W.W. [11265], Bahia K000839978 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5449], Bahia K000840009 Yes
Albuquerque, V.R. [20], Brazil K000839992 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [2856], Rio de Janeiro K000839979 Yes
Zappi, D.C. [11303], Minas Gerais K000840048 Yes
Gardner [3688], Brazil K000840074 Yes
Elorsa C., M. [3656], Mexico K000680424 No
Sandoval [19], El Salvador K000680567 No
Buzzi, M. [20], Brazil K000840044 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [4539], Goiás K000839990 Yes
Guedes, M.L. [3044], Bahia K000840063 Yes
Hughes, C.E. [1785], Mexico K000680428 No
Guedes, M.L. [3044], Bahia K000840062 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5449], Bahia K000840008 Yes
Peters, J.N. [2], Brazil K000839974 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [79439], Minas Gerais K000840022 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [9189], Bahia K000840061 Yes
Woodgyer, E. [2505], Bahia K000840036 Yes
Chan, C. [3969], Mexico K000680430 No
Hatschbach, G. [80102], Minas Gerais K000840034 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [14481], Mexico K000680433 No

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  • Flora of Somalia

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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