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Chamaecrista kirkii (Oliv.)Standl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista kirkii (Oliv.)Standl. [Preferred name]
    Cassia kirkii Oliv. {Synonym}
    Cassia wildemaniana Ghesq. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [110]; Cameroon (N) [106]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [106]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [8]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [106]; Liberia (N) [11]; Malawi (N) [106]; Nigeria (N) [106]; Sierra Leone (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Togo (N) [8]; Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]; Zambia (N) [106]; Zimbabwe (N) [106]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian grasslands     Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [106];
    Sudanian grasslands [11];
    Zambezian grassland [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 113] ; Distribution Map [152] ; Illustration [106, 113]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
NOTES:
  Three varieties recognised (Brenan,FTEA). []

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

110.

  Torre, A.R.da & Hillcoat, D., 1958
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca

113.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

152.

  Steyaert, R.L., 1950
    Bull.Jard.Bot.Nat.Belg.20:249...Cassias afr.& asiat.Chamae
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