Chamaecrista glandulosa

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

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.

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)

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