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Chamaecrista sect. Absus
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Chamaecrista sect. Absus

Absus

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.

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7 branches of this group, most-observed first

Absus

subsectionAbsus

Viscosa

subsectionViscosa

Zygophyllum

subsectionZygophyllum

Chamaecrista lundii

speciesChamaecrista lundii

Chamaecrista philippi

speciesChamaecrista philippi

Chamaecrista urophyllidia

speciesChamaecrista urophyllidia

Chamaecrista machaeriifolia

speciesChamaecrista machaeriifolia

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chamaecrista sect. Absus in The Plants of Egypt

The Plants of Egypt

Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.93

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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 1438440.