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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Chamaecrista

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae

About 250 species, mainly native to the neotropical region, but with 19 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Chamaecrista absus

Chamaecrista biensis

 

Chamaecrista capensis

Chamaecrista comosa

 

Chamaecrista dimidiata

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Chamaecrista falcinella

 

Chamaecrista fenarolii

 

Chamaecrista gracilior

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Chamaecrista katangensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Chamaecrista huillensis

 

Chamaecrista kirkii

 

Chamaecrista mimosoides

Chamaecrista paralias

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Chamaecrista parva

 

Chamaecrista plumosa

 

Chamaecrista polytricha

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

 

Chamaecrista stricta

 

Chamaecrista wittei

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

 

Chamaecrista zambesica

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.