Chamaecrista absus (=Cassia absus)
Chamaecrista absus
Diagnostic 5
"Viscid herbs, puberulus. Leaves 4 cm; leaflets inequalateral, 2-3 x 1.5 to 2 cm, obovate- elliptic, base cuneate, pubescent, glands sessile on the rachis between leaflets; stipule 2-3 mm. Racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, to 6 cm; peduncle to 2 cm; pedicel 0.5 cm; bracts 2-2.5 mm, ovate; sepals 4 mm, oblong, apex acute; petals 5, 6 mm, obovate; stamens 5, 3 longer, dilated. Pod 3.5 x 0.6 cm, falcate, glandular pubescent."
Sources and Credits
- (c) Günter Baumann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=47&id=2803
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/126890-1.jpg
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/126890-2.jpg
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/126890-6.jpg
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26333091
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
