Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Partridge Pea
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
Habit: Subshrub , Shrub , Forb/herb
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual , Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Tribe:
Cassieae
()
- Genus:
Chamaecrista
()
- Moench, 1794
- Specific epithet:
nictitans
- (Greenm.) Gandhi & S.L.Hatch
- Variety:
leptadenia
- Botanical name: - Chamaecrista nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & S.L.Hatch (Greenm.) Gandhi & S.L.Hatch
- Variety:
leptadenia
- Specific epithet:
nictitans
- (Greenm.) Gandhi & S.L.Hatch
- Genus:
Chamaecrista
(
- Tribe:
Cassieae
(
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: Gandhi & S.L.Hatch Publication
: Sida 13: 123
1988
Basionym
author: (Greenm.)
Place of publication: Sida 13:123. 1988
Name
verified on 24-Aug-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last
updated: 18-Jun-1997
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
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
- Gandi, K. N. & S. L. Hatch. 1988. Nomenclatural changes in Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) and Chamaecrista (Fabaceae). Sida 13:122–123.
- Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:837. [= C. nictitans var. mensalis].
- Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
- Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15987463
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:954565-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 313884
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 531596
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 954565-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB47061
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CANIM
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 28690
