Chamaecrista lineata

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

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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 in water with a depth of 0 to -1,065 meters (0 to -3,494 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cassia clarensis (Britton & Rose)r. A. Howard • Cassia cuneata Dc. • Cassia lineata Michaux • Cassia lineata Sw. • Cassia niqueroensis Urb. & Ekman • Chamaecrista clarensis Britton & Rose • Chamaecrista niqueroensis (Urb. & Ekman)britton & Rose

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Habit: Shrub , 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

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 351.
• A contribution to the botany of the Isle of Pines, Cuba, based upon the specimens of plants from that island contained in the herbarium of the Carnegie Museum under date of October, 1916. By O.E. Jennings. n.p., 1917 url p. 129.
• An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL) / Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1997. url p. 160.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 129.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 279.
• Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 6.
• Studies in West Indian plants. New York, 1908-26. url p. 3, p. 6.
• The Bahama flora, New York, The Authors, 1920. url .
• The Bahama flora, by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Charles Frederick Millspaugh. New York, The authors, 1920. url p. 168, p. 170, p. 170, p. 170, p. 170.

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
• 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.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2666066
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-13313
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 501387
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 54582-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB470F0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CHLI5
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 28576

Footnotes

1. Mean = -438.320 meters (-1,438.058 feet), Standard Deviation = 726.740 based on 25 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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