CHR 515849 – Chamaecrista Moench
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515849
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 November 1998
Database record updated:
30 April 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Chamaecrista mimosoides
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1997-11-27 (Verbatim: 27 Nov 1997)
Preferred name:
Chamaecrista Moench
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tongatapu Group, Kolovai area, opposite 'Ahau
Verbatim locality:
Tongatapu Group, Kolovai area, opposite 'Ahau
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1185/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-27
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
Large Panicum maximum stand c. 1.5 m high, open pocket.
Notes:
Herb with spreading stems, reddish-brown on exposed side. Leaves closing soon after picking although not as quickly as the similar ones of Mimosa pudica, purplish where exposed. Petals c. 1 cm long, yellow. A few plants only.
Observed species:
Panicum maximum
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