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Chamaecrista tonduzii

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Description

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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]

Taxonomy

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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: tonduzii - Britton & Rose
        Botanical name: - Chamaecrista tonduzii Britton & Rose

Similar Species

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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

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3450806
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 54780-2
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3830575

Last Revised: 2012-07-28