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sensitive and partridge peas
Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera Cassia and Senna, members of Chamaecrista form root nodules.
Chamaecrista has 367 species, with a wide distribution – the Americas from Minnesota to northern Argentina, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chamaecrista sect. Chamaecrista
sectionChamaecrista
Chamaecrista sect. Absus
sectionAbsus
Field Sensitive Pea
speciesChamaecrista nomame
Trailing dwarf cassia
speciesChamaecrista comosa
Chamaecrista biensis
speciesChamaecrista biensis
Chamaecrista sect. Apoucouita
sectionApoucouita
Slender Sensitive Pea
speciesChamaecrista serpens
Chamaecrista garambiensis
speciesChamaecrista garambiensis
Chamaecrista leschenaultiana
speciesChamaecrista leschenaultiana
Chamaecrista plumosa
speciesChamaecrista plumosa
Chamaecrista concinna
speciesChamaecrista concinna
Chamaecrista horizontalis
speciesChamaecrista horizontalis
Chamaecrista symonii
speciesChamaecrista symonii
Chamaecrista lateriticola
speciesChamaecrista lateriticola
Chamaecrista maritima
speciesChamaecrista maritima
Chamaecrista stricta
speciesChamaecrista stricta
Chamaecrista cordistipula
speciesChamaecrista cordistipula
Chamaecrista hatschbachii
speciesChamaecrista hatschbachii
Chamaecrista pratensis
speciesChamaecrista pratensis
Chamaecrista transversa
speciesChamaecrista transversa
Chamaecrista linearis
speciesChamaecrista linearis
Chamaecrista huillensis
speciesChamaecrista huillensis
Chamaecrista paralias
speciesChamaecrista paralias
Chamaecrista tagera
speciesChamaecrista tagera
Chamaecrista fallacina
speciesChamaecrista fallacina
Chamaecrista falcinella
speciesChamaecrista falcinella
Chamaecrista hildebrandtii
speciesChamaecrista hildebrandtii
Chamaecrista newtonii
speciesChamaecrista newtonii
Chamaecrista arachiphylla
speciesChamaecrista arachiphylla
Chamaecrista vauthieri
speciesChamaecrista vauthieri
Chamaecrista aurivilla
speciesChamaecrista aurivilla
Chamaecrista arenicola
speciesChamaecrista arenicola
Chamaecrista zambesica
speciesChamaecrista zambesica
Chamaecrista herpestia
speciesChamaecrista herpestia
Chamaecrista labouriaeae
speciesChamaecrista labouriaeae
Chamaecrista katangensis
speciesChamaecrista katangensis
Chamaecrista orenocensis
speciesChamaecrista orenocensis
Chamaecrista biddulphiana
speciesChamaecrista biddulphiana
Chamaecrista fenarolii
speciesChamaecrista fenarolii
Chamaecrista seticrenata
speciesChamaecrista seticrenata
Chamaecrista robynsiana
speciesChamaecrista robynsiana
Chamaecrista astrochiton
speciesChamaecrista astrochiton
Chamaecrista jaegeri
speciesChamaecrista jaegeri
Chamaecrista nilgirica
speciesChamaecrista nilgirica
Chamaecrista chiquitana
speciesChamaecrista chiquitana
Chamaecrista exigua
speciesChamaecrista exigua
Chamaecrista usambarensis
speciesChamaecrista usambarensis
Chamaecrista wittei
speciesChamaecrista wittei
Chamaecrista gracilis
speciesChamaecrista gracilis
Chamaecrista polytricha
speciesChamaecrista polytricha
Chamaecrista punctulifera
speciesChamaecrista punctulifera
Chamaecrista aldabrensis
speciesChamaecrista aldabrensis
Chamaecrista itabiritoana
speciesChamaecrista itabiritoana
Chamaecrista kolabensis
speciesChamaecrista kolabensis
Chamaecrista parva
speciesChamaecrista parva
Chamaecrista brevifolia
speciesChamaecrista brevifolia
Baseophyllum
sectionBaseophyllum
Chamaecrista simplifacta
speciesChamaecrista simplifacta
Chamaecrista unijuga
speciesChamaecrista unijuga
Chamaecrista macedoi
speciesChamaecrista macedoi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53262.