Taxon:
Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene
Summary
Place of publication:
Pittonia 4:31. 1899
Verified:
02/19/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Chamaecrista+rotundifolia&quantity=1
- 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. 35:727-733.
- Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca
- Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
- 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:88-89. URL: http://proseanet.org
- Whitty, P. W. et al. 1994. Molecular separation of genera in Cassiinae (Leguminosae), and analysis of variation in the nodulating species of Chamaecrista. Molec. Ecol. 3:514.
Common names
English
round-leaf cassia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | Alajuela | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | San José | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | Isle de Roatan |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | Chiriquí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | n. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | e. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s. |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica [Alajuela, San José], Honduras (Isle de Roatan), Panama [Chiriquí]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia (e.), Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina (n.), Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Northern America
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REGION:
United States (s.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | fide Whitty et al. 1994; Pl Res SEAs 4:88. 1992 | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:88-89. URL: http://proseanet.org |