Chamaecrista absus

Chamaecrista absus

Chamaecrista absus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Cassieae
Subtribus: Cassiinae
Genus: Chamaecrista
Species: Chamaecrista absus
Varietates: C. a. var. absus – C. a. var. meonandra

Name

Chamaecrista absus (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, 1982

Synonyms

• Cassia absus L.
• Cassia babylonica Schrank
• Cassia coccinea Wall.
• Cassia exigua Roxb.
• Cassia foliolis L.
• Cassia thonningii DC.
• Cassia viscida Zoll.
• Grimaldia absus (L.) Link
• Grimaldia opifera Schrank
• Senna absus (L.) Roxb.
• Senna exigua Roxb.
• Senna quadrifolia Burm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Angola, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Costa Rica, Honduras, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, New Guinea, Sulawesi References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Irwin, H.S. & Barneby, R.C., 1982. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY 35:664.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Chamaecrista absus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Chamaecrista absus. Published online. Accessed: Aug 29 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Chamaecrista absus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Aug 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chamaecrista absus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 Aug 29.

Vernacular names

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