Fabaceae
Chamaecrista

Chamaecrista biensis (Steyaert) Lock

First published in Kew Bull. 43: 335 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Perennial prostrate to decumbent suffruticose herb from a woody rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems generally annual, terete with slight ridges decurrent from the stipule bases, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves paripinnate, 4–5.2 × 1.5–2.2 cm; stipules 6–9 × 1.2–1.5 mm, narrowly triangular, spreading pubescent, apex long-acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, asymmetric; petiolar gland single, 0.4–0.5 × 0.4–0.5 mm, subcircular, shortly stalked; rachis channelled, not crested; channel margins ciliate; leaflets in (9)17–23(25) pairs, 7–10.5 × 1.2–3 mm, narrowly oblong, asymmetrical,>i> base asymmetrically truncate, apex abruptly acuminate-mucronate, margins ciliate, often densely so, cilia ascending,>i> surfaces glabrous to sparsely appressed-pubescent; midrib very close to distal margin, 0–1 lateral nerves from base on proximal side of midrib, c.4 on distal side.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary, (1)2-flowered; pedicels 1.7–4 cm long in flower, longer in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small; sepals narrowly ovate, acute, mucronate, appressed-pubescent outside; petals yellow, up to 10 × 7 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 10.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary densely appressed-white-pubescent; style glabrous; stigma terminal, densely fringed with hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 33–48 × 4–5 mm, sparsely appressed-pubescent, particularly near the margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dull ochre, c.2 × 1.2 mm, rhomboid in outline, flattened, sparsely pitted.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • 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