Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench subsp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) H. S. Irwin & Barneby GRIN-Global

Taxon: Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench subsp. patellaria (DC. ex Collad.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Summary

Genus:

Chamaecrista

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Cassieae

Subtribe:

Cassiinae

Nomen number:

100083

Place of publication:

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:822. 1982

Verified:

02/19/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Cassia patellaria DC. ex Collad. var. glabrata Vogel

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cassia aeschinomene DC. ex Collad.
Cassia lechenaultiana DC.
Chamaecrista aeschinomene (DC. ex Collad.) Greene

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Reference(s)

Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby. 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:1-918.
Keuchenius, A. A. M. N. 1924. Botanische kernmerken en cultuurwaarde als groenbernester van een 60-tal nieuwe soorten van Leguminosen. Meded. Proefstat. Thee 90:1-44.
Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Para
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondonia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
4	Naturalized

Native
Northern America

REGION: Mexico

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Para, Rondonia]
CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico
MESOAMERICA: Honduras, Nicaragua
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
MALESIA: Indonesia

Naturalized ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	soil improver		Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100083. Accessed 22 April 2025.