Chamaecrista absus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,676 meters (0 to 5,499 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cassia absus L. • Cassia babylonica Schrank • Cassia coccinea Wall. • Cassia Dc. Ex Collad. Sect. Absus • Cassia exigua Roxb. • Cassia foliolis L. • Cassia thonningii Dc. • Cassia viscida Zoll. • Cassia< /i> (Dc. Ex Collad.) Symon Subgen. Absus • Grimaldia absus (L.)link • Grimaldia opifera Schrank • Senna absus (L.)roxb. • Senna exigua Roxb. • Senna quadrifolia Burm.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Annual , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chamaecrista

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. absus (Tropical Sensitive Pea) · C. absus var. absus (Tropical Sensitive-Pea) · C. absus var. meonandra (Tropical Sensitive Pea) · C. brevifolia (Mandri-Arivou) · C. calycioides (Woodland Sensitive Pea) · C. chamaecristoides (Beach Sensitive Pea) · C. chamaecristoides var. cruziana (Beach Sensitive Pea) · C. deeringiana (Florida Keys Sensitive Pea) · C. diphylla (Twoleaf Sensitive Pea) · C. fasciculata (Beach Sensitive Pea) · C. fasciculata var. macrosperma (Sleepingplant) · C. flexuosa (Texas Sensitive Pea) · C. flexuosa var. texana (Texas Sensitive Pea) · C. glandulosa (Jamaican Broom) · C. glandulosa mirabilis var. mirabilis (Jamaican Broom) · C. glandulosa var. glandulosa (Jamaican Broom) · C. glandulosa var. swartzii (Swartz's Jamaican Broom) · C. greggii (Gregg's Sensitive Pea) · C. leschenaultiana (Cassia) · C. lineata (Narrowpod Sensitive Pea) · C. lineata var. brachyloba (Narrowpod Sensitive Pea) · C. lineata var. keyensis (Big Pine Partridge Pea) · C. lomatopoda (Chamaecrista) · C. mimosoides (Chamaecrista) · C. nictitans (Partridge Pea) · C. nictitans nictitans var. nictitans (Partridge Pea) · C. nictitans patellaria var. Patellaria (Partridge Pea) · C. nictitans var. aspera (Partridge Pea) · C. nictitans var. diffusa (Partridge Pea) · C. nictitans var. glabrata (Partidge Pea) · C. nictitans var. leptadenia (Partridge Pea) · C. pilosa (Hairy Sensitive Pea) · C. portoricensis (Puerto Rico Sensitive Pea) · C. potentilla (Cinquefoil) · C. ramosa (Savannah Sensitive Pea) · C. rotundifolia (Roundleaf Sensitive Pea) · C. serpens (Slender Sensitive Pea) · C. serpens var. serpens (Slender Sensitive Pea) · C. serpens var. wrightii (Shrubby Senna)

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Further Reading

• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 565, p. 566.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 31.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. &lt;www.iucnredlist.org&gt;. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
• Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
• Podlech D, 1996 (from ILDIS).
• Polhill RM, 1993 (from ILDIS).
• Rhytismatales database 2006.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
• Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
• Stirton CH, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• The Virtual Field Herbarium.
• Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• Vaz AMSF, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adenanthera intermedia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. &lt;www.iucnredlist.org&gt;. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• van der Maesen LJG, 1993 (from ILDIS).
• van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876406
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-598
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623487
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169154-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 100076
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501378
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 54310-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB470H0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAABM CHAB
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 29662

Footnotes

1. Mean = 406.730 meters (1,334.416 feet), Standard Deviation = 804.730 based on 201 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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