3536.010 Chamaecrista Moench

Description of the genus

Herbs. Leaves paripinnate, often with ± cup-shaped sessile or stalked glands on petiole and/or rhachis. Flowers in 1-many-flowered racemes; pedicels with 2 bracteoles near or above the middle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens (4-5)10, all straight or nearly so. Anthers basifixed, longer than their short filaments. Pods flattened, elastically dehiscent, with twisting valves.

Worldwide: c.250 species in the tropics, mostly New World.

Mozambique: 14 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
absus (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby	Z,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
biensis (Steyaert) Lock	M
capensis (Thunb.) E. Mey.	M
comosa E. Mey.	Z
gracilior (Ghesq.) Lock	N
grantii (Oliv.) Standl.	N,Z,T
mimosoides (L.) Greene	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
paralias (Brenan) Lock[End]	GI	Description, Image
plumosa E. Mey. var. plumosa	MS,GI,M
polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. polytricha	N,Z,MS	Description, Image
polytricha (Brenan) Lock var. pauciflora Brenan	N,MS
stricta E. Mey.	N,MS	Description, Image
wittei (Ghesq.) Lock	MS
zambesica (Oliv.) Lock	MS	Description, Image

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Flora of Zambia: cultivated Chamaecrista
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chamaecrista

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