Chamaecrista glandulosa

Chamaecrista glandulosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family native to the Americas. Its distribution extends from Mexico to Brazil and it occurs on many Caribbean islands.

Chamaecrista glandulosa
Chamaecrista glandulosa var. swartzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Genus:
Chamaecrista
Species:
C. glandulosa
Binomial name
Chamaecrista glandulosa

There are many varieties of this plant:[1]

  • C. g. var. andicola (South America)
  • C. g. var. andreana (Colombia)
  • C. g. var. balasana (Peru)
  • C. g. var. brasiliensis (Brazil)
  • C. g. var. crystallina (Venezuela, Colombia)
  • C. g. var. flavicoma (Mexico, Guatemala, South America)
  • C. g. var. glandulosa (Jamaica)
  • C. g. var. mirabilis - an endangered Puerto Rico endemic formerly called Cassia mirabilis[2]
  • C. g. var. parralensis (Mexico)
  • C. g. var. picardae (Hispaniola)
  • C. g. var. rapidarum (Venezuela, Colombia)
  • C. g. var. swartzii (Caribbean)
  • C. g. var. tristicula (Colombia)

References
  1. "Chamaecrista glandulosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. USFWS. Recovery Plan: C. g. var. mirabilis. May 12, 1994.


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