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Chamaecrista
''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera '' Cassia'' and '' Senna'', members of ''Chamaecrista'' form root nodules. Species ''Chamaecrista'' comprises the following species, organized into sections, subsections, and series: Section ''Apoucouita'' Benth. Series Apoucouita * '' Chamaecrista aiarana'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista apoucouita'' (Aubl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * ''Chamaecrista aspidiifolia ''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera ' ...'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista bahiae'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista boyanii'' (H.S.I ...
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Chamaecrista Bahiae
''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera '' Cassia'' and '' Senna'', members of ''Chamaecrista'' form root nodules. Species ''Chamaecrista'' comprises the following species, organized into sections, subsections, and series: Section ''Apoucouita'' Benth. Series Apoucouita * ''Chamaecrista aiarana'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * ''Chamaecrista apoucouita'' (Aubl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * ''Chamaecrista aspidiifolia'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista bahiae'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista boyanii'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista compitalis'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista duartei'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin ** var. ''eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H ...
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Chamaecrista Aspidiifolia
''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera '' Cassia'' and '' Senna'', members of ''Chamaecrista'' form root nodules. Species ''Chamaecrista'' comprises the following species, organized into sections, subsections, and series: Section ''Apoucouita'' Benth. Series Apoucouita * '' Chamaecrista aiarana'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista apoucouita'' (Aubl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista aspidiifolia'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista bahiae'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista boyanii'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista compitalis'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista duartei'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin ** var. ''eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barne ...
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Chamaecrista Apoucouita
''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera '' Cassia'' and '' Senna'', members of ''Chamaecrista'' form root nodules. Species ''Chamaecrista'' comprises the following species, organized into sections, subsections, and series: Section ''Apoucouita'' Benth. Series Apoucouita * '' Chamaecrista aiarana'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista apoucouita'' (Aubl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * ''Chamaecrista aspidiifolia'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista bahiae'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista boyanii'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista compitalis'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista duartei'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin ** var. ''eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) ...
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Chamaecrista Aiarana
''Chamaecrista'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as sensitive pea. Several species are capable of rapid plant movement. Unlike the related genera '' Cassia'' and '' Senna'', members of ''Chamaecrista'' form root nodules. Species ''Chamaecrista'' comprises the following species, organized into sections, subsections, and series: Section ''Apoucouita'' Benth. Series Apoucouita * '' Chamaecrista aiarana'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * ''Chamaecrista apoucouita'' (Aubl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * ''Chamaecrista aspidiifolia'' H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista bahiae'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista boyanii'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista compitalis'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin * '' Chamaecrista duartei'' (H.S.Irwin) H.S.Irwin & Barneby * '' Chamaecrista eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) H.S.Irwin ** var. ''eitenorum'' (H.S.Irwin & Barneby) ...
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Cassia (genus)
''Cassia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Species are known commonly as cassias. Cassia is also the English common name of some species in the genus ''Cinnamomum'' of the family Lauraceae. Species of the genera '' Senna'' and ''Chamaecrista'' were previously included in ''Cassia''. ''Cassia'' now generally includes the largest species of the legume subtribe Cassiinae, usually mid-sized trees. Ecology ''Cassia'' species occur in a range of climates. Some can be utilized widely as ornamental plants. They have been used in reforestation projects, and species from desert climates can be used to prevent desertification. ''Cassia'' species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of many lepidopteran taxa. For example, the skipper ''Astraptes fulgerator'' and the pierids ''Catopsilia pomona'' and '' C. pyranthe'' are all seen on ''Cassia fistula''. The latter utilizes several other cassias, as well. The plant ...
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Chamaecrista Nictitans
''Chamaecrista nictitans'', the sensitive cassia, sensitive partridge pea, small partridge pea or wild sensitive plant, is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas. It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. It is similar to ''Chamaecrista fasciculata'' except that the leaves are smaller. ''C. nictitans'' is undesirable as a forage or hay but ''can'' be used for both in subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ... areas. References External links nictitans Flora of North America Flora of South America {{Caesalpinioideae-stub ...
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Rapid Plant Movement
Rapid plant movement encompasses plant movements, movement in plant structures occurring over a very short period, usually under one second. For example, the Venus flytrap closes its trap in about 100 milliseconds. The traps of Utricularia are much faster, closing in about 0.5 milliseconds. The dogwood bunchberry's flower opens its petals and fires pollen in less than 0.5 milliseconds. The record is currently held by the white mulberry tree, with flower movement taking 25 microseconds, as pollen is catapulted from the stamens at velocities in excess of half the speed of sound—near the theoretical physical limits for movements in plants.Taylor, P.E., G. Card, J. House, M. H. Dickinson & R.C. Flagan 2006. High-speed pollen release in the white mulberry tree, ''Morus alba'' L.. ''Sexual Plant Reproduction'' 19(1): 19–24. These rapid plant movements differ from the more common, but much slower "growth-movements" of plants, called tropisms. Tropisms encompass movements that lead to ...
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Caesalpinioideae
Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name ''Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist tropics, but include such temperate species as the honeylocust (''Gleditsia triacanthos'') and Kentucky coffeetree (''Gymnocladus dioicus''). It has the following clade-based definition: The most inclusive crown clade containing '' Arcoa gonavensis'' Urb. and ''Mimosa pudica'' L., but not '' Bobgunnia fistuloides'' (Harms) J. H. Kirkbr. & Wiersema, '' Duparquetia orchidacea'' Baill., or '' Poeppigia procera'' C.Presl In some classifications, for example the Cronquist system, the group is recognized at the rank of family, Caesalpiniaceae. Characteristics * Specialised extrafloral nectaries often present on the petiole and / or on the primary and secondary rachises, usually between pinnae or ...
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Senna (plant)
''Senna'', the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, tribe Cassieae). This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species in temperate regions. The number of species is estimated to be from about 260 to 350.Randell, B. R. and B. A. Barlow. 1998. ''Senna''. pp 89-138. In: A. S. George (executive editor). ''Flora of Australia'' volume 12. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra, Australia. The type species for the genus is ''Senna alexandrina''. About 50 species of ''Senna'' are known in cultivation.Huxley, A., et al. (1992). ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening''. The Macmillan Press, Limited: London. The Stockton Press: New York. (set). Description ''Senna'' includes herbs, shrubs, and tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition o ...
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Root Nodules
Root nodules are found on the roots of plants, primarily legumes, that form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Under nitrogen-limiting conditions, capable plants form a symbiotic relationship with a host-specific strain of bacteria known as rhizobia. This process has evolved multiple times within the legumes, as well as in other species found within the Rosid clade. Legume crops include beans, peas, and soybeans. Within legume root nodules, nitrogen gas (N2) from the atmosphere is converted into ammonia (NH3), which is then assimilated into amino acids (the building blocks of proteins), nucleotides (the building blocks of DNA and RNA as well as the important energy molecule ATP), and other cellular constituents such as vitamins, flavones, and hormones. Their ability to fix gaseous nitrogen makes legumes an ideal agricultural organism as their requirement for nitrogen fertilizer is reduced. Indeed, high nitrogen content blocks nodule development as there is no benefit fo ...
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Series (botany)
In botany and plant taxonomy, a series is a subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species. Sections and/or series are typically used to help organize very large genera, which may have hundreds of species. Cultivar marketing The term "series" is also used (in seed marketing) for groupings of cultivars, but this term has no formal status with that meaning in the ''ICNCP The ''International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants'' (ICNCP), is a guide to the rules and regulations for naming cultigens, plants whose origin or selection is primarily due to intentional human activity. It is also known as Cultivate ...''.Glossary in References Botanical nomenclature Plant taxonomy {{Botany-stub ...
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Plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ...
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