PLANTS Profile for Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (sensitive partridge pea)

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PLANTS Profile

Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch
sensitive partridge pea

Symbol:

CHNIL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch

Synonyms:
Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch

	CALE15	Cassia leptadenia Greenm.
	CANIM	Cassia nictitans L. var. mensalis (Greenm.) Irwin & Barneby

Distribution:
Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch

Classification:
Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Chamaecrista (L.) Moench – sensitive pea
Species	Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench – sensitive partridge pea
Subspecies	Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans – sensitive partridge pea
Variety	Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch – sensitive partridge pea

More Accounts and Images:
Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. leptadenia (Greenm.) Gandhi & Hatch

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531596.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:35 PM CST