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Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. patellaria (Collad.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. patellaria (Collad.)H.S.Irwin & Barneby [Preferred name]
    Cassia glandulosa sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Cassia lechenaultiana DC. {Synonym}
    Cassia mimosoides sensu Cordem. {Misapplied}
    Cassia patellaria Collad. {Synonym}
    Cassia patellaria var. glabrata Vogel {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Zaire (I) [8]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [151, 1430]
  Central America
Belize (U) [151]; Costa Rica (U) [151]; El Salvador (U) [151]; Honduras (U) [151]; Mexico (U) [151, 1430]; Nicaragua (U) [151]; Panama (U) [151]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (U) [1430]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Tonga (U) [2265]
  South America
Argentina (U) [151]; Bolivia (U) [151]; Brazil (U) [151, 1414]; Colombia (U) [151]; French Guiana (U) [151]; Guyana (U) [151]; Paraguay (U) [151]; Peru (U) [151]; Surinam (U) [151]; Venezuela (U) [151]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 3057] ; Illustration [1915]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Habit: Herb [1915], Shrub [3057] ; Lifespan: Annual [1915], Perennial [3057] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Native to the Caribbean. [1915]
  Native to Tropical America. [3057]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

151.

  Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C., 1982
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.35:1-918[in 2 parts]American Cassiinae

1430.

  Liogier, A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
    A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
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