Chamaecrista

Chamaecrista serpens (L.) Greene

First published in Pittonia 4: 29 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Introduced into:

Florida, Mexico Central

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Isely, D. (1998). Native & naturalized Leg. of the USA. Brigham Young Univ. Utah

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Tenorio L., P.; Frame, D. [11939] Mexico K000680189 Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Nascimento, M.S.B.; Alencar, M.E. [1037] Brazil K000055606 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P. [2904] Brazil K000056007 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P. [2894] Brazil K000055560 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz., L.P.; Nascimento, N.S.; Crepaldi, I.C. [3312] Brazil K000055570 Yes
Nov 1, 1990 Noblick, L.R.; Lemos, M.S. [4101] Brazil K000056507 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Silva, E.L.S.; Rosas, A.; Coelho, D.; Silva, J.A.C.; Batista, E.F.; Santos, J.L. [707] Brazil K000839285 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Méndez Girón, A. [9219] Mexico K000680188 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Pickersgill, B.; Lima, D.A.; Barret, S.C.H.; Hill, R.A. [RU72462] Brazil K000056506 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Glocker, E.F. [156] Brazil K000056504 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Gardner, G. [2128] Brazil K000056505 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [26168] Brazil K000839282 Yes
Hinds, R.B. [s.n.] Nicaragua K000680192 Yes
Ule, E. [7771] Brazil K000839278 Yes
Whitty, P.W.; Geoghegan, I.E. [208] Brazil K000839283 Yes
Blanchet [3485] Brazil K000839279 Yes
Galeotti, H. [3183] Mexico K000680190 Yes
Silva, G.P., de; Whitty, P.W.; James, E. [1621] Brazil K000839284 Yes
Gonçalves, L.M.C. [200] Brazil K000056503 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [5702] Honduras K000680191 Yes
Silva, G.P., de; Whitty, P.W.; Geoghegan, I.E. [2717] Brazil K000839281 Yes
Brazil K000056502 Yes
Riedel [216] Brazil K000839280 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1656] Mexico K000119704 Yes
Weddell, H.A. [2286] Brazil K000839277 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000056501 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0