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Chamaecrista parva (Stey.)Lock

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Chamaecrista (L.)Moench

Chamaecrista parva (Stey.)Lock [Accepted]
    Cassia L. parva Stey. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Kenya (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [8]
    Tanzania (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]; Zambia (N) [106]
    Zimbabwe (N) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian woodland [106,158]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Status uncertain; could be a hybrid (Brenan FTEA ref.106).
  Nodulation data from Cassia parva Stey. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

106.

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

158.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1960
    Kew Bull.14:178-188. New & notew.Cassias fr. Trop.Africa:II.
    Kew Bull.14:178-188. New & notew.Cassias fr. Trop.Africa:II.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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