Fabaceae
Chamaecrista

Chamaecrista desvauxii (Collad.) Killip

First published in Brittonia 3: 165 (1939)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2013 Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [5141] Brazil K000839625 Yes
Jul 1, 2013 Maguire, B.; Maguire, C.K. [40046] Brazil K000839603 Yes
Jul 1, 2013 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [5065] Brazil K000839660 Yes
Jul 1, 2013 Martius [s.n.] Brazil K000839827 Yes
Jul 1, 2013 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr.; Souza, R.; Reis dos Santos, R. [16625] Brazil K000839654 Yes
May 28, 2013 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R.S. [15767] Brazil K000056638 Yes
Oct 1, 2009 Silva, J.M. [5336] Brazil K000839643 Yes
Mar 15, 2007 Harley, R.; Bautista, H.P.; Hind, N.; Smith, S. [3674] Brazil K000839647 Yes
Mar 15, 2007 Harley, R.; Bautista, H.P.; Hind, N.; Smith, S. [3674] Brazil K000839646 Yes
Oct 20, 2005 Folli, D.A. [4787] Brazil K000839633 Yes
Oct 1, 2005 Schomburgk [522] Guyana K000839617 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz., L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3518] Brazil K000055566 Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B.; Brito, H.S.; Santos, J.B. [2346] Brazil K000055601 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Giulietti, A.M.; Semir, J.; Menezes, N.L.; Rossi, L.; Furlan, A.; Cordeiro, I.; Pirani, J.R. [CFCR1386] Brazil K000056630 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A.; Diacuí, J.; Castro, N.M.; Kawasaki, M.L.; Amaral, M.E.C. [CFCR1896] Brazil K000056633 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Nunes, J.M.S.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22894] Brazil K000056632 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19277] Brazil K000056631 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Lima, A. [3050] Brazil K000839605 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Hinton, G.B. [11192] Mexico K000119724 Yes
Aug 17, 1937 Seemann, B.C. [2071?], Panama K000680437 Yes
Nozawa, S.; Castillo-Suárez, A.; Ramia, M. [133] Venezuela K001477240 Yes
Nozawa, S.; Castillo-Suárez, A.; Ramia, M. [133] Venezuela K001477241 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Pires, J.M. [1293] Brazil K000839653 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; Hatschbach, G.; Barneby, R.C.; Gates, B.E. [11295] Brazil K000839666 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3125] Brazil K000839662 Yes
Pinto, G.C.P. [302/81] Brazil K000056624 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; Arroyo, M.T.K.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [6700] Brazil K000839668 Yes
Hooker [1835] Brazil K000839664 Yes
Brazil K000056629 Yes
Almeida, E.F.; Lourdes M, M. [276] Brazil K000056625 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [7126] Brazil K000839656 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8679-19] Brazil K000642158 Type Yes
Cavalcante, P. [2512] Brazil K000839665 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [2622] Brazil K000839650 Yes
Boog [s.n.] Brazil K000839663 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000839657 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [8454] Brazil K000839618 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [1746] Brazil K000839652 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [175] Brazil K000642157 Type Yes
McKee. H.S. [11394] Belize K000680386 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W., Jr.; Souza, R.; Reis dos Santos, R. [16074] Brazil K000839651 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [6648] Brazil K000839655 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [855A-3] Brazil K000642160 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, G. [3687] Brazil K000839659 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [2535] Brazil K000839606 Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [2168] Brazil K000056627 Yes
Blanchet, J.S., (Moricand, M.E.) [2168] Brazil K000056628 Yes
Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Frisby, S.; Henicka, G.; Piva, J. [1505] Brazil K000579549 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [9176] Brazil K000839616 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000056626 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [8527-2] Brazil K000642159 Unknown Type Material Yes
Usteri, A. [93] Brazil K000839661 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000839658 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Woolcott, D.B.; Monteiro, O.P.; Ramos, J.F. [15439] Brazil K000839669 Yes
Colombia K001477219 Yes
Venezuela K001477220 Yes
Venezuela K001477221 Yes
Venezuela K001477222 Yes
Venezuela K001477223 Yes
Peru K001477224 Yes
Venezuela K001477225 Yes
Venezuela K001477226 Yes
Venezuela K001477227 Yes
Venezuela K001477228 Yes
Venezuela K001477229 Yes
Venezuela K001477230 Yes
Peru K001477231 Yes
Colombia K001477232 Yes
Colombia K001477233 Yes
Colombia K001477234 Yes
Colombia K001477235 Yes
Colombia K001477236 Yes
Colombia K001477237 Yes
Colombia K001477238 Yes
Colombia K001477239 Yes
Venezuela K001477240 Yes
Venezuela K001477241 Yes
Venezuela K001477242 Yes
Venezuela K001477243 Yes
Venezuela K001477244 Yes
Venezuela K001477245 Yes
Venezuela K001477246 Yes
Venezuela K001477247 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Irwin, H.S., et. al. [25425] Brazil Cassia desvauxii K000262933 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0