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Chamaecrista glandulosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family native to the Americas. Its distribution extends from Mexico to Brazil and it occurs on many Caribbean islands.

Chamaecrista glandulosa
Chamaecrista glandulosa var. swartzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Chamaecrista
Species:	C. glandulosa
Binomial name
Chamaecrista glandulosa (L.) Greene

There are many varieties of this plant:[1]

• C. g. var. andicola (South America)
• C. g. var. andreana (Colombia)
• C. g. var. balasana (Peru)
• C. g. var. brasiliensis (Brazil)
• C. g. var. crystallina (Venezuela, Colombia)
• C. g. var. flavicoma (Mexico, Guatemala, South America)
• C. g. var. glandulosa (Jamaica)
• C. g. var. mirabilis - an endangered Puerto Rico endemic formerly called Cassia mirabilis[2]
• C. g. var. parralensis (Mexico)
• C. g. var. picardae (Hispaniola)
• C. g. var. rapidarum (Venezuela, Colombia)
• C. g. var. swartzii (Caribbean)
• C. g. var. tristicula (Colombia)

References

External links

• USDA Plants Profile for Chamaecrista glandulosa

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