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Taxon:  Chamaecrista comosa E. Mey.



Summary
Genus:
Chamaecrista
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Cassieae
Subtribe:
Cassiinae
Nomen number:
435879
Place of publication:
E. H. F. Meyer & J. F. Drège, Comm. pl. Afr. austr. 160. 1836
Verified:
12/19/2005 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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cassia comosa (E. Mey.) Vogel

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Reference(s)
  1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  2. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  3. Grobbelaar, N. et al. 1967. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 1. Publ. Univ. Pretoria ser. 2, 38:1-9.
  4. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth West 
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West]
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
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=435879. Accessed 22 April 2025.

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