Chamaecrista
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves paripinnate; leaflets opposite; petioles usually grooved along upper surface, pulvinulate at base and bearing 1 or 2 discoid or stipitate glands; rachis grooved, ending in a filiform segment, often with additional glands at the bases of the leaflets; stipules minute to foliaceous. Flowers bisexual, solitary or in a few species in supra-axillary racemes; pedicels bracteolate near or above middle; calyx of 5 unequal sepals; corolla yellow, of 5 free, heteromorphic petals; stamens 5-10, usually heteromorphic, the filaments shorter than the anthers; ovary l-locular, sessile or shortly stipitate, with many ovules. Legume dehiscent through both sutures, the valves coiling; seeds many, flattened.
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Distribution
A tropical genus with 265 species.
Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|